turntable

[ turn-tey-buh l ]

/ ˈtɜrnˌteɪ bəl /

the rotating disk that spins the record on a phonograph.

Railroads. a rotating, track-bearing platform pivoted in the center, used for turning locomotives and cars around.

a rotating stand used in sculpture, metalwork, and ceramics.

Origin of turntable

First recorded in 1825–35; turn + table

Just pop a few bananas on a turntable and you've got yourself a casual kick back!

Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ Is Too Much Booty for One Man to Handle |Amy Zimmerman |August 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The disc jockey mumbled a few words, then played whatever record was cued up on his turntable.

I Reported John Lennon's Death |Steve North |December 7, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
And the turntable comes from the rotating stage at the shopping-network QVC, where Sharkey worked in the early 1990s.

The Web's Supermom |Cait Murphy |July 24, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Power for using the turntable is applied through the cone t.

Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II |Joshua Rose

The work, being kept on a whirler or turntable, is sprayed now and then with water and thus prevented from becoming too hard.

The Potter's Craft |Charles F. Binns
Then on to the turntable and the waiting stall, until ready to go out again upon the regular service or extra duty.

The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford
In the second case, the eight little cannon are apparently secured to a kind of turntable, to be revolved by hand.

The British Navy Book |Cyril Field
It was dusk when the purse seiner finished loading her catch and stowed the great net in a dripping heap on the turntable aft.

Poor Man's Rock |Bertrand W. Sinclair

turntable

/ (ˈtɜːnˌteɪbəl) /

the circular horizontal platform that rotates a gramophone record while it is being played

a flat circular platform that can be rotated about its centre, used for turning locomotives and cars

the revolvable platform on a microscope on which specimens are examined