Crossword clues for dictaphone
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dictaphone \Dic"ta*phone\, n. [Dictate + -phone, as in telephone.] A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
trademarked by the Columbia Graphophone Company in 1907; from dictation + -phone. A separate company from 1923.
Wiktionary
n. A common term for dictation machines.
Wikipedia
Dictaphone was an American company founded by Alexander Graham Bell that produced dictation machines. It is now a division of Nuance Communications based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Although the name "Dictaphone" is a trademark, it has become genericized as a means to refer to any dictation machine.
Usage examples of "dictaphone".
But if she beeped the Bureau for assistance, if they searched him and found that card and her Dictaphone tapes in his pockets, his life was over.
The latest in automatic typewriters, dictaphones, and announcing devices were installed.
If dictaphones were listening to this conversation, that was a secret which they must share in silence.
All I had in the way of recorders were office-type Dictaphones using wax cylinders.
Can't ever tell, he may have the house wired with dictaphones again," decided Frank.
Not a damn thing happens down here except copping applesauce and Dictaphones from the Air Force base.
For a couple of weeks, Randy couldn't come home in the evening without finding Charlene sacked out in front of the TV with a bowl of popcorn and a Dictaphone, watching a video of a straight razor being drawn along wet, soapy flesh.
Without the dictaphone she would be tense and nervous, pounding the dash in helpless frustration at every minor traffic jam.