Dictaphonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɪk.tə.fəʊn/us/ˈdɪk.tə.foʊn/trademarka brand name for a machine used in an office to record spoken words and later repeat them aloud so that they can be written down
Examples from literature
- But to talk into the metallic receiver of amechanical dictaphone has an almost ridiculous air.
- Explain the operation of a dictaphone.
- I press this button, start a dictaphone, and talk in any direction, anywhere.
- I sighed for a dictaphone in which the original Dutch-English might be recorded for the delight of others.
- In using the dictaphone, one can do much better work if one is in a room where there is little or nothing to distract attention.