metal tape

American

noun

a high-performance recording tape having a magnetic metal-particle coating that is not an oxide.

metal tape British

noun

a magnetic recording tape coated with pure iron rather than iron oxide or chromedioxide: it gives enhanced recording quality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Each champion has donated a club, and there is a left-handed lob wedge by Ping with metal tape on the back.

From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2014

Talon's machines, which stamp zipper teeth out of metal tape and fasten them in a row on fabric, would be useless for anything else.

From Time Magazine Archive

The world's three major sportswear manufacturers--Adidas, Nike and Reebok--have developed new technologies, from ice vests to metal tape to ventilated shoes, to keep athletes cool in the ancient city.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's easier to use, and definitely more comfortable than a metal tape measure.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stripped off a small length of self-welding metal tape and clapped it over the terminal-hole at the closed end of the shield, making it into an adequate mug.

From Breaking Point by Gunn, James E.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023