recorder

«recorder» in Mova's school dictionary: a simple wooden or plastic wind instrument with holes… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a recorder, recorders)

meaning for a pupil

1) A recorder is a simple wooden or plastic wind instrument with holes, which you blow into and play by covering the holes with your fingers. tree →

2) A machine that records sound or pictures, like a voice recorder or a flight recorder. tree →

3) A person who writes down what happens, for example in a group. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used at school in music lessons: many children learn the recorder first. In everyday life: a voice recorder or a video recorder. In group work the "recorder" writes down the group's ideas. A plane's "black box" is a flight recorder.

examples

• We are learning to play the recorder. tree →
• She played a tune on her recorder. tree →
• Cover all the holes to play a low note on the recorder. tree →
• Who wants to be the recorder for our group? tree →
• The journalist used a voice recorder. tree →
• The flight recorder was found after the crash. tree →
• Wash your recorder after you play it. tree →

note

Countable. Made from record + -er. Stress: ri-KOR-der.

In the corpora

• Blowing too hard makes a recorder jump up to a shrill squeal; a soft, steady breath gives a clear note.
• Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.
• Many drummers and guitarists started on the recorder at school.
• On the recorder, B, A and G are played with the left hand alone, using one, two and three fingers.
• Mouthpieces of trumpets and recorders are cleaned and not shared without cleaning, because germs pass between mouths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recorder» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.