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KAMK-ord-uh/ˈkæmkɔːdə/

A camcorder is a portable camera that records moving pictures and sound. A camera may still mean still photos; a phone films too but is not automatically allowed. Trips: a camcorder still needs consent forms.

Meaning

A portable camera that records moving pictures and sound.

Examples

• “A camcorder on the trip still needs consent forms; a phone is not automatically allowed.”
• “A camcorder in media studies is kit from the office; a personal phone is not the exam-board camera.”

Good to know

a camcorder. Contrast: a (still) camera / a phone. Trips / media / consent. Countable devices. Mix-up: to record is the verb; the machine is a camcorder.

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