recorder

Wooden wind instrument

A recorder is a device that captures and stores audio or video for later playback: tape recorder, voice recorder, flight recorder.

The word also names a simple woodwind instrument with finger holes, often used to teach children music.

In legal contexts, a recorder is an official who keeps records, or the office itself: county recorder.

instrument

flute

Tube blown sideways

woodwind · fipple · alto · soprano · tenor · bass · treble · descant · fingering · breath

person

stenographer

Person recording spoken words

chronicler · archivist · scribe · secretary · historian · documentarian · transcriber

device

dictaphone

Audio capture device for transcription

  • camcorderPortable video recording device
  • DVRTelevision recording device
  • tapeAdhesive strip on roll

cassette · digital · audio · video · microphone · capture · playback · memory · battery · portable

playback

replay

Repeated broadcast segment

stop · eject · VHS · cassette · streaming · listen · viewing · screening · analog · digital

official

court

Trial venue or sports surface

minutes · proceedings · hearing · trial · affidavit · docket · legal · judicial · verbatim · sworn

Categories
Opposites
musical instrument type

recorderconcert flute

Standard orchestral transverse flute

fife · piccolo · brass instruments · percussion · oboe

information capture vs. playback

recorderplayer

Game participant

playback device · reproducer · speaker · monitor · projector

documentation role

recordereraser

Mark removal tool

deleter · shredder · redactor · censor · destroyer

Phrases
Family

record, recording, records, recorded, recordings, unrecorded, recorders, recordable, re-record

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G