Meaning & use
Dictaphone
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A device used to record spoken words for later playback or transcription, originally a trademarked brand now used generically.
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The detective spoke his case notes into a dictaphone at the end of each shift.
Doctors once relied on a dictaphone to record patient notes before typing them up.
A note on using this word
Originally a trademark for a specific brand of recording machine, "dictaphone" has become a generic term much like "thermos."
Words with a similar meaning
recordervoice recorder
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