A VCR is a machine that was used in the past to record television programmes or films onto videotape, so that people could play them back and watch them later on a television set. VCR is an abbreviation for 'video cassette recorder'.
VCR in British English
abbreviation for
1.
video cassette recorder
2.
visual control room (at an airfield)
VCR in American English
(ˌviˌsiˈɑr)
noun
videocassette recorder
Examples of 'VCR' in a sentence
VCR
I've had a VCR and a wide-screen television set put in a room down the corridor for you.