audiocassette

American  

[aw-dee-oh-kuh-set, ‐ka-set] / ˈɔ di oʊ kəˌsɛt, ‐kæˌsɛt /

Or audio cassette

noun

1. a cassette containing audiotape.

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Etymology

Origin of audiocassette

First recorded in 1965–70; audio- ( def. ) + cassette ( def. )

Example Sentences

In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a trick question: “Is it live or is it Memorex?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

One of the most charming quirks of their life together is that she makes audiocassette recordings of the plays he’s working on that he listens to while driving his vintage red Saab.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

The Northwest Film Forum will show the documentary “Notes on Blindness,” about a man who keeps a diary on audiocassette after he goes blind, Friday-Sunday, Jan. 13-15.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2017

For years afterward, he recorded a diary on audiocassette.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 25, 2016

Before leaving New York, I enrolled in a monthlong French class taught by a beautiful young Parisian woman who had us memorize a series of dialogues from an audiocassette that accompanied our textbook.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris