videotape
[ vid-ee-oh-teyp ]
/ ˈvɪd i oʊˌteɪp /
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noun
magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
verb (used with object), vid·e·o·taped, vid·e·o·tap·ing.
to record (programs, etc.) on videotape.
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How to use videotape in a sentence
Frost also had another gift that was a true metaphor of the technology that he had mastered: a mind that worked like a video tape.
That was just a weasely lie, instantly rebuttal by video tape that wasn't even one day old.
The station has supplied us with what tape they did not throw away, the video tape.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for videotape
video tape
noun
magnetic tape used mainly for recording the vision and sound signals of a television programme or film for subsequent transmission
verb video-tape
to record (a programme, film, etc) on video tape
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