tape recorder

noun

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

tape recorder

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tape recorder¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“And he said, ‘Turn off your tape recorders.’

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John Hump kept me on the edge of my seat—and long beyond the life of my battery-powered tape recorder—as he described the government’s indifference to his family’s complaints of trespass and invasion.

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“Kissinger” teases viewers with an animated credit sequence prominently featuring a tape recorder.

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"Don't know if I'm really wanting the fame / Something tells me I'm a bit smarter than that," she sang into her tape recorder.

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"We managed to con an afternoon with this new studio in King Street – it was a guy with a mixer and tape recorder."

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