A recorder is a wooden or plastic musical instrument in the shape of a pipe. You play the recorder by blowing into the top of it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
2. countable noun & title noun
In the legal system of England and Wales, a recorder is a lawyer who is appointed as a part-time judge in the Crown Court.
3. countable noun
A recorder is a machine or instrument that keeps a record of something, for example in an experiment or on a vehicle.
Data recorders also pin-point mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.
4. countable noun
In the past, you could refer to a cassette recorder, a tape recorder, or a video recorder as a recorder.
Rodney put the recorder on the desk top and pushed the play button.
Synonyms: tape recorder, video, video recorder, cassette recorder More Synonyms of recorder
5. See also flight recorder
More Synonyms of recorder
recorder in British English
(rɪˈkɔːdə)
noun
1.
a person who records, such as an official or historian
2.
a thing that records, esp an apparatus that provides a permanent record of experiments, etc
3. short for tape recorder
4. music
a wind instrument of the flute family, blown through a fipple in the mouth end, having a reedlike quality of tone. There are four usual sizes: bass, tenor, treble, and descant
5.
(in England and Wales) a barrister or solicitor of at least ten years' standing appointed to sit as a part-time judge in the crown court
Derived forms
recordership (reˈcorderˌship)
noun
Word origin
sense 4 probably from record (vb) in the archaic sense "to sing"
recorder in American English
(rɪˈkɔrdər)
noun
1.
a person who records; esp., an officer appointed or elected to keep records of deeds or other official papers
2.
in some cities, a judge who has the same criminal jurisdiction as a police judge
3.
a machine or device that records; esp., tape recorder
4.
any of a group of wind instruments, with eight finger holes and a fipple in a straight tube with the mouthpiece at one end
Word origin
ME < Anglo-Fr recordour; (sense 4) ME < recorden, to sing, warble: see record
Examples of 'recorder' in a sentence
recorder
It's just a case of getting him talking into the old tape recorder then knocking it into shape afterwards.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
The bottom half of that Gladstone bag of mine -- a very efficient recorder, I can tell you.
Maclean, Alistair THE LONELY SEA (2002)
She used a notebook rather than a tape recorder, Maggie was glad to see.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2002)
Wherever musical history is being made, there I am with my tape recorder.
Faas Rice, Bebe CLASS TRIP (2002)
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In other languages
recorder
British English: recorder /rɪˈkɔːdə/ NOUN
musical instrument A recorder is a hollow musical instrument that you play by blowing down one end and covering a series of holes with your fingers.
American English: recorder music
Arabic: مِزْمَارٌ خَشَبِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: flauta doce
Chinese: 八孔竖笛
Croatian: blokflauta
Czech: zobcová flétna
Danish: blokfløjte
Dutch: blokfluit
European Spanish: flauta
Finnish: kirjuri
French: flûte à bec
German: Berichterstatter
Greek: φλογέρα
Italian: flauto dolce
Japanese: リコーダー music
Korean: 리코더
Norwegian: skriver
Polish: protokolant
European Portuguese: flauta doce
Romanian: flaut
Russian: блок-флейта
Latin American Spanish: flauta dulce
Swedish: protokollförare
Thai: ขลุ่ย
Turkish: kayıt aleti
Ukrainian: блок-флейта
Vietnamese: ống tiêu
British English: recorder /rɪˈkɔːdə/ NOUN
machine A recorder is a machine or instrument that keeps a record of something, for example, in an experiment or on a vehicle.
Data recorders also pin-point mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.
A tape recorder is a machine used for recording and playing music, speech , or other sounds.
wire recorder
an early type of magnetic recorder in which sounds were recorded on a thin steel wire magnetized by an electromagnet
flight recorder
On an aeroplane , the flight recorder is the same as the → black box .
treble recorder
a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes
video recorder
A video recorder or a video cassette recorder is the same as a → VCR .
cassette recorder
a machine that is used for recording and listening to cassettes
black box recorder
a self-contained unit in an electronic or computer system whose circuitry need not be known to understand its function
incremental recorder
a device for recording data as it is generated , usually on paper tape or magnetic tape, and feeding it into a computer
videocassette recorder
a device for recording on and playing back videocassettes
flight data recorder
a recording device that records relevant data during an aircraft's flight
gas analysis recorder
A gas analysis recorder is a device which samples , records , and analyses gas.
video tape recorder
a tape recorder for vision signals and sometimes accompanying sound, using magnetic tape on open spools : used in television broadcasting
Campbell-Stokes recorder
an instrument for recording hours of sunshine per day, consisting of a solid glass sphere that focuses rays of sunlight onto a light-sensitive card on which a line is burnt
cockpit voice recorder
a device which records conversations in and communications from the cockpit of an aircraft
radio cassette recorder
an electrical device used for recording sounds on magnetic tape and usually also for reproducing them, consisting of a tape deck and one or more amplifiers and loudspeakers
video cassette recorder
a tape recorder for vision and sound signals using magnetic tape in closed plastic cassettes : used for recording and playing back television programmes and films
videorecorder
→ videocassette recorder
magnetic recording
the recording of electrical signals by means of changes in areas of magnetization on a tape , wire , or disc : used for recording sound, video material, digital computer data , etc.