cassette
Also called cassette tape . a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback of audio or video in a tape recorder, cassette deck, video camera, or VCR, and for storage of data by some small computer systems.: See also audiocassette, videocassette.
Photography. a lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, having a single spool for supplying and rewinding the film.
a replaceable or refillable cartridge in a typewriter or printer that contains the ribbon or ink.
a case or tray in a printer or copier that holds the paper.
Origin of cassette
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How to use cassette in a sentence
Growing up in the 1990s, I watched Free to Be on VHS and listened to the songs on a cassette tape over and over again.
Not until we were all grown up did we know the other had been given a cassette tape too.
British Dictionary definitions for cassette
/ (kæˈsɛt) /
a plastic container for magnetic tape, as one inserted into a tape deck
(as modifier): a cassette recorder
photog another term for cartridge (def. 5)
films a container for film used to facilitate the loading of a camera or projector, esp when the film is used in the form of a loop
the injection of genes from one species into the fertilized egg of another species
Origin of cassette
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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