cassette

/kəˈsɛt/

noun 5verb 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

audio, video | tape | blank | bootleg, pirated | music

accompanying

The old tape recorder came with an accompanying cassette of classical music.

VERB + CASSETTE

insert

I need to insert a cassette into the tape player to listen to that old album.

play, put on

My dad played an old cassette in the car during our road trip yesterday.

pause, stop | eject | fast forward, rewind

CASSETTE + NOUN

deck, player, recorder | tape | box | format, version

PREP

on ~

My grandmother still listens to her favorite music on cassette every morning.

Definitions

noun

A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.

If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.

Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner.

A lightproof container for photographic film.

A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.

A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.

verb

To record onto a cassette

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If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.

Wiktionary

I want to have this cassette recorder fixed.

Tatoeba · #61242

I will buy cassette tapes.

Tatoeba · #63735

Cassette tapes seem to have given way to compact disks in popularity.

Tatoeba · #63736

I got a video cassette recorder cheap at that shop.

Tatoeba · #252954

I had to pay ten dollars for the cassette in addition.

Tatoeba · #254106

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