cassettenoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈset/us/kəˈset/a flat rectangular device containing a very long strip of magnetic material that is used to record sound and/or pictures, or a machine that uses such devices:
a video cassette
an audio cassette
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- He inserted the cassette and pressed the 'play' button.
- Do you mean an audio cassette or a video cassette?
- The course books are accompanied by four cassettes.
- Dan loves to get cassettes from the library and listen to his favourite books.
- Your tape deck has chewed up my cassette! It's ruined!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Audio & video equipment
- audiocassette
- audiotape
- box set
- camcorder
- capstan
- compact disc
- DAT
- Dolby
- DVR
- earbuds
- ghetto blaster
- gramophone
- hi-fi
- iPod
- low-fi
- MD
- phonograph
- scratchy
- stylus
- Walkman
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