tape recorder

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noun

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

Origin of tape recorder

First recorded in 1940–45

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Examples from the Web for tape recorder

After the first couple of sentences, I led Teddy into the living-room, and switched on the tape-recorder.
Exile from Space|Judith Merril
She produced a tape-recorder and a yellow pad and a pen, and twirled the pen.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
But the case—the case looked exactly like it ought to house a tape-recorder.
My Shipmate--Columbus|Stephen Wilder
It was heavy, about as heavy as a tape-recorder ought to be.
My Shipmate--Columbus|Stephen Wilder

By noon he had a rather powerful audio amplifying unit, set up to magnify any sound the tape-recorder fed into it.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster

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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tape recorder

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tape recorder

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