Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

personal video recorder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
per-son-al video recorder
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera, for subsequent playback through a television set

Canadian usage; British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

personal video recorders (plural)

Synonyms

digital video recorder digital personal video recorder PVR

Questions

What does personal video recorder mean?
A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera, for subsequent playback through a television set

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