microcassette

American  

[mahy-kroh-kuh-set, -ka-] / ˈmaɪ kroʊ kəˌsɛt, -kæ- /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of microcassette

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.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

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

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021

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.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2018

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.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2018

Quizzing Alex about his life, Max cheerfully professes to be a smuggler and tries unsuccessfully to sell him a microcassette recorder and a camera.

From New York Times • May 7, 2011