Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long-playing

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English

Syllables: long--play-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Referring to records that recorded a greater amount of sound than previous versions had; an LP; generally a 12-inch 33⅓-RPM vinyl record.

Example Sentences

"Victor Crabbe's headmaster was a little man called Boothby [...] who subscribed to a popular book club and had many long-playing records, who invited people to curry tiffin and said, "Take a pew.""

Inflected Forms

longer-playing (comparative) longest-playing (superlative)

Synonyms

long-play

Questions

What does long-playing mean?: Referring to records that recorded a greater amount of sound than previous versions had; an LP; generally a 12-inch 33⅓-RPM vinyl record.

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