Definition of: phonogram

(fō′nə·gram) noun
1. The tracing produced by a phonograph, from which articulate sounds are reproduced; a phonograph record.
2. A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound, word, syllable, etc.
3. A telephone message taken down on paper and delivered, like a telegram.
—pho′no·gram′ic or ·gram′mic adjective
—pho′no·gram′i·cal·ly or ·gram′mi·cal·ly adverb