A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which was used in the past for recording and playing back sound or film.
I started very early, writing my first tune at three. I still have it on cassette.
cassette in British English
(kæˈsɛt)
noun
1.
a.
a plastic container for magnetic tape, as one inserted into a tape deck
b.
(as modifier)
a cassette recorder
2. photography another term for cartridge (sense 5)
3. cinema
a container for film used to facilitate the loading of a camera or projector, esp when the film is used in the form of a loop
4.
the injection of genes from one species into the fertilized egg of another species
Word origin
C18: from French: little box; see case2
cassette in American English
(kəˈsɛt; kæˈsɛt)
noun
1.
a case with roll film in it, for loading a camera quickly and easily
2.
a similar case with magnetic tape, for use in a tape recorder, VCR, etc.
Word origin
Fr, dim. of NormFr casse, case2
Examples of 'cassette' in a sentence
cassette
Time to throw away those old cassettes.
The Sun (2012)
They played a cassette tape of mournful war songs.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It must have been audio cassettes he used for work.
The Sun (2010)
Their education comes via cassette tapes recorded by their mother.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is available on eight audio cassettes.
Christianity Today (2000)
The sound it made when loading a game from a cassette tape is imprinted in the minds of a generation.
The Sun (2014)
Beside the half-full sink was an old radio cassette.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The visuals are no problem, but one show also uses sound from an audio cassette.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In the old days it was only libraries that could afford to find room for CDs and cassettes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I put fingers in my ears and then pointed at the cassette deck.
Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994)
THE eject button has been pressed on the audio cassette for the very last time.
The Sun (2007)
I used to play the double cassette with my older brother for hours on end in our bedroom.
The Sun (2013)
And I still have lots of old cassette tapes.
The Sun (2009)
Since then music has gone from being sold on vinyl to cassette tapes, CDs and now digitally online.
The Sun (2012)
Previously, to buy an audiobook you were shackled to where your CD or cassette player was.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A standard feature on cars since 1902, drum brakes are going the same way as the cassette deck.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
cassette
British English: cassette /kæˈsɛt/ NOUN
A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular, plastic container with magnetic tape inside, which is used for recording and playing back sounds.
American English: cassette
Arabic: كَاسِيت
Brazilian Portuguese: fita cassete
Chinese: 盒式磁带
Croatian: kazeta
Czech: kazeta
Danish: kassette
Dutch: cassette
European Spanish: casete
Finnish: kasetti
French: cassette
German: Kassette
Greek: κασέτα
Italian: cassetta
Japanese: カセット
Korean: 카세트
Norwegian: kassett
Polish: kaseta
European Portuguese: cassete
Romanian: casetă
Russian: кассета
Latin American Spanish: casete
Swedish: kassett
Thai: ตลับเทป
Turkish: kaset
Ukrainian: касета
Vietnamese: băng cassette
All related terms of 'cassette'
cassette deck
a machine that is used for listening to cassettes and sometimes also for recording them
cassette tape
a recording made on magnetic tape inside a plastic container , to be inserted into a tape deck
audio-cassette
a cassette of tape on which sound only is recorded
cassette player
a machine that is used for listening to cassettes and sometimes also for recording them
radio cassette
a tape for listening to and recording music; an audiotape or cassette
video cassette
In the past , a video cassette was a cassette containing videotape , on which you could record or watch moving pictures and sounds .
cassette recorder
a machine that is used for recording and listening to cassettes
digital compact cassette
a magnetic tape cassette on which sound can be recorded in a digital format
radio cassette recorder
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
video cassette recorder
a tape recorder for vision and sound signals using magnetic tape in closed plastic cassettes : used for recording and playing back television programmes and films
video cassette recording
a recording made using a tape recorder for vision and sound signals using magnetic tape in closed plastic cassettes : used for recording and playing back television programmes and films
audiocassette
a cassette containing audiotape
video tape recording
a recording made using a tape recorder for vision and sound signals using magnetic tape in closed plastic cassettes : used for recording and playing back television programmes and films