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Turntable   /tˈərntˌeɪbəl/   Listen
Turntable

noun
1.
A circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played.
2.
A revolving tray placed on a dining table.  Synonym: lazy Susan.
3.
A rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars.





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"Turntable" Quotes from Famous Books



... located for quick movement, with provision for additional storage tracks, if required. Steam engines, upon being disconnected, can be quickly sent to the main engine storage yard, and by the use of a loop track no turntable is required. The main engine storage yard is located south of the running tracks adjoining the bulkhead along the Passaic River, where provision is made for the storage of 20 engines. There are two 50,000-gal. water tanks, an ash-pit, inspection-pit, work-pit, sand-hopper, and the necessary ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 • E. B. Temple


Words linked to "Turntable" :   tray, record player, lazy Susan, platform, phonograph


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