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

"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.

From BBC

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

From BBC

He had been given a tape recorder and he soon learned the art of overdubbing, a vital part of what would become the trademark Beach Boys' sound.

From BBC

“We sounded like a bunch of college frat boys singing into a tape recorder,” Marsh says.

From Los Angeles Times

During one interview, she wrote, detectives repeatedly stopped the tape recorder to remind her what to say, sometimes yelling or making threats.

From Los Angeles Times

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