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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#m1)

2) A machine that records sound or pictures, like a voice recorder or a flight recorder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#m2)

3) A person who writes down what happens, for example in a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#x1)
- She played a tune on her recorder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#x2)
- Cover all the holes to play a low note on the recorder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#x3)
- Who wants to be the recorder for our group? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#x4)
- The journalist used a voice recorder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#x5)
- The flight recorder was found after the crash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#x6)
- Wash your recorder after you play it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/5/)
- [Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/6/)
- [Many drummers and guitarists started on the recorder at school.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/16/)
- [On the recorder, B, A and G are played with the left hand alone, using one, two and three fingers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/12/)
- [Mouthpieces of trumpets and recorders are cleaned and not shared without cleaning, because germs pass between mouths.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recorder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.