🇬🇧 Recorder meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A recorder is a special machine, like a tiny robot helper, that listens to sounds or watches video and saves them so you can play them again later, almost like freezing a moment in time and then unfreezing it whenever you want.

I used a recorder to capture my baby brother’s laugh, and now I can replay it every time he’s busy screaming.

Mom checked the doorbell recorder and found a video of Dad trying to look cool and tripping over a flowerpot.

I sang into the recorder, and now the whole family has proof that I should never start a rock band.

We put a recorder in the kitchen and discovered that the dog howls along with the microwave beeps.

The coach used a recorder during practice, so we could replay the exact moment I tripped over absolutely nothing.

Anna pressed the recorder and watched her grandfather begin the old song. The recorder blinked. She moved it closer; the recorder caught each laugh, each soft chord. Later she played the recorder back; the room filled with his voice. She smiled, held the recorder to her heart, and the song felt safely kept.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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