cassette
A small plastic tape you can play music on.
A small plastic case containing magnetic tape, used for recording and playing sound on a cassette player or deck.
A tape in a case that you watch on a VCR.
A plastic case containing magnetic tape used to record and play video, for example in a VCR.
A part you can take out of a machine and put back in.
A removable container or module that holds something and slides into a machine, such as paper in a printer or another supply in a device.
- Base: cassette
- Plural: cassettes
cassette adapter
1adapter for cassette decks
A device that lets a phone play through a cassette player.
- He used a cassette adapter to connect his phone to the old car stereo.
- The cassette adapter keeps ejecting because the deck thinks it’s jammed.
- I bought a Bluetooth cassette adapter for my vintage boombox.
cassette culture
1DIY music sharing on cassettes
A music community that shares recordings on cassettes.
- The documentary explores the rise of cassette culture in the 1980s underground scene.
- Cassette culture made it easier for small bands to distribute their music.
- Collectors are helping preserve artifacts of early cassette culture.
cassette deck
1cassette player/recorder unit
A machine that plays cassettes.
- He connected the cassette deck to his speakers and amplifier.
- The cassette deck needs new belts to play smoothly.
- I used a cassette deck to digitize my old recordings.
- My dad has a cassette deck.
cassette player
1portable cassette playback device
A small machine for playing cassettes.
- She bought a cassette player to listen to her old tapes.
- My first cassette player ran on two AA batteries.
- The cassette player has a broken fast-forward button.
- I have a cassette player.
cassette recorder
1cassette device that records sound
A machine that records sound on cassettes.
- The teacher used a cassette recorder for listening exercises.
- He carried a small cassette recorder to capture ideas on the go.
- The cassette recorder picked up a lot of background noise.
- I recorded my voice with a cassette recorder.
cassette single
1single released on cassette
A music single sold as a cassette.
- I found a cassette single of their biggest hit at a thrift shop.
- In some countries the song was only available as a cassette single.
- The cassette single includes a remix on the B-side.
on cassette
1in cassette format
Available as a cassette.
- The album was originally released on cassette in the 1980s.
- Do you have the audiobook on cassette?
- I only own it on cassette, not on CD.
- This music is on cassette.
paper cassette
1printer paper tray module
The part of a printer where you put paper.
- Load A4 paper into the lower paper cassette.
- The printer shows an error because the paper cassette isn’t fully closed.
- She pulled out the paper cassette to clear a jam.
- Put paper in the paper cassette.