tapenoun [ C or U ]
uk/teɪp/us/teɪp/tape noun [ C or U ] (RECORDING)
thin plastic in a long, narrow strip with a magnetic covering that allows sounds or sounds and pictures to be recorded and played again, especially one on which sound is recorded:
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- Your tape deck has chewed up my cassette!
- The course comprises a class book, a practice book and an audio tape.
- Now the data is being transferred from magnetic tape to hard disk.
- The tape jammed while I was fast-forwarding it.
- We couldn't hear what they were saying on the tape - there was too much background noise.
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Audio & video equipment
- audiocassette
- audiotape
- box set
- capstan
- cassette
- compact disc
- DAT
- Dolby
- DVR
- earbuds
- ghetto blaster
- gramophone
- hi-fi
- iPod
- low-fi
- MD
- phonograph
- scratchy
- stylus
- Walkman
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tape noun [ C or U ] (STRIP)
a long, narrow strip of material that is sometimes sticky on one side:
a tape stretched across the finishing line of a race that the winner breaks as they finish
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Bands, straps and strips
- band
- bar
- belt
- binding
- blindfold
- collar
- dog collar
- duct tape
- gag
- masking tape
- raffia
- ribbon
- rubber band
- Scotch tape
- strip
- stripe
- sweatband
- thong
- webbing
- wristband
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tapeverb [ T ]
uk/teɪp/us/teɪp/tape verb [ T ] (RECORD)
to record something on tape
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Recording sounds and images
- analogue
- audiovisual
- balance
- bass 1
- chart
- cover
- distortion
- HD
- hi-res
- high def
- play sth back
- playback
- prerecord
- produce
- remaster
- remix
- sound
- sound check
- studio
- videotape
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tape verb [ T ] (USE STICKY STRIPS)
to use strips of sticky material, especially to fix two things together or to fasten a parcel:
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Fastening and tying
- anchor
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- twist tie
- tying
- yoke
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