microcassette

[mahy-kroh-kuh-set, -ka-]

noun

1. a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.

Word History and Origins

Origin of microcassette¹

First recorded in 1975–80; micro- + cassette

Example Sentences

That’s how Murphy began writing what became “The Long Haul,” though he started so long ago that he used a microcassette recorder.

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I spoke sentences into the microcassette recorder I hadn't been using to record lectures.

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My first instrument was the microcassette recorder.

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Meeting Villechaize, Tate incuriously sets his microcassette recorder before a three-foot-eleven-inch egotist who gasses on long enough to make him late for his appointment with Vidal.

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I discover that they still sell microcassette players on Amazon and a day later there’s the sound of the package being dropped on the doorstep.

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