autophone

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noun

idiophone

Scrabble 14

Meanings

autophone1

nounautophone (plural autophones)

plural autophones

  1. archaicidiophone

Autophone2

proper nounAutophone (plural Autophones)

plural Autophones

  1. A brand of coin-operated automatic phonographs with headphones, patented in 1930s.
  2. Several brands of telephones and phone services.
  3. A very early brand of table-top mechanical organette using a punched card to operate the music mechanism.

Origin

Autophone · proper noun

From auto- + -phone.

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Cite this entry
APA

autophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autophone

MLA

“autophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autophone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autophone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autophone.

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