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noun

an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.

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Origin of tape recorder

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby tape recorder

tape measure, tapenade, tape player, taper, tape-record, tape recorder, tape recording, tapered roller bearing, taper off, taper pin, taper relief

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How to use tape recorder in a sentence

This is when the head you’ll see to the left of the drive on a tape recorder comes into play.
A modern guide to cassette tape players|Sandra Gutierrez|July 23, 2021|Popular-Science
I do not have a tape recorder, a cell phone or a camera, much less a computer here, so I went back to the prehistory of journalism, where everything was done with a pencil.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part II|Michael K. Lavers|July 14, 2021|Washington Blade
He had brought with him a little tape recorder, and he literally said, “Now this is the record button and this is the play button, and you push them at the same time.”
The BBC’s Katty Kay Shuts Down Men Who ‘Tell Me to Shut Up’|Eugene Robinson|January 23, 2021|Ozy
My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

I stood with a tape recorder, listening to men denounce the liberal media controlled by Jews.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Is there any better Beyoncé lyric to use in response to the most shocking celebrity tape this side of One Night in Paris?
Yoncé Said Knock You Out: The Solange and Jay Z Story|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I watched Garner die on tape and wondered why I was crying so hard when I am not that much of a cryer at all.
The Day I Used Eric Garner’s Voice|Joshua DuBois|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Well, because casinos have cameras everywhere, turns out there was indeed a tape.
The $44 Million Teflon Don of the NFL|Mike Barnicle|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He gets out and does things while these fatheads stay in quarters and untangle red tape.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A handkerchief, once red, with polka spots, contained a ragged flannel shirt and a stocking-heel tied with a piece of tape.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
Black Hood knew what it was to be a policeman with hands bound by red tape or political intrigue.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
The safe rule is to leave the deed with the recorder as soon as possible after receiving it.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
As soon as the deed has been delivered, it should be taken to the recorder's office to be recorded.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

British Dictionary definitions for tape recorder

tape recorder

noun

an electrical device used for recording sounds on magnetic tape and usually also for reproducing them, consisting of a tape deck and one or more amplifiers and loudspeakers

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