recorder

An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

• A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.

Agent noun of record; one who records.agentform-of

A judge in a municipal court.

A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

• Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.