tape
♦♦ tape /t'eɪp/ (tapes taping taped)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] oft on N
Tape is a narrow plastic strip covered with a magnetic substance. It is used to record sounds, pictures, and computer information.
Many students declined to be interviewed on tape.
2 [N-COUNT]
A tape is a cassette or spool with magnetic tape wound round it.
She still listens to the tapes I made her.
3 [VERB] V n, V, V-ed
If you tape music, sounds, or television pictures, you record them using a tape recorder or a video recorder.
She has just taped an interview...
He shouldn't be taping without the singer's permission.
...taped evidence from prisoners.
4 [N-VAR]
A tape is a strip of cloth used to tie things together or to identify who a piece of clothing belongs to.
The books were all tied up with tape.
5 [N-COUNT] supp N
A tape is a ribbon that is stretched across the finishing line of a race.
...the finishing tape.
6 [N-UNCOUNT]
Tape is a sticky strip of plastic used for sticking things together.
7 [VERB] V n onto/to n, be V-ed adj
If you tape one thing to another, you attach it using sticky tape.
I taped the base of the feather onto the velvet...
The envelope has been tampered with and then taped shut again.
8
see also magnetic tape, masking tape, sticky tape, sticky tape, videotapedigi|tal audio tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Digital audio tape is a type of magnetic tape used to make very high quality recordings of sound by recording it in digital form. The abbreviation DAT is often used.mag|net|ic tape (magnetic tapes)
[N-VAR]
Magnetic tape is plastic tape covered with iron oxide or a similar magnetic substance. It is used for recording sounds, film, or computer information.
= tapemask|ing tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Masking tape is plastic or paper tape which is sticky on one side and is used, for example, to protect part of a surface that you are painting.red tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
You refer to official rules and procedures as red tape when they seem unnecessary and cause delay.
The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.Scotch tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Scotch tape is a clear sticky tape that is sold in rolls and that you use to stick paper or card together or onto a wall. (TRADEMARK)sticky tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Sticky tape is clear sticky tape that is sold in rolls and that you use, for example to stick paper or card together, or to stick things onto a wall. (BRIT; in AM, use Scotch tape)tape deck (tape decks)
also tape-deck
[N-COUNT]
A tape deck is the machine on which you can play or record cassette tapes.tape meas|ure (tape measures)
[N-COUNT]
A tape measure is a strip of metal, plastic, or cloth which has numbers marked on it and is used for measuring.tape re|cord|er (tape recorders)
also tape-recorder
[N-COUNT]
A tape recorder is a machine used for recording and playing music, speech, or other sounds.tape re|cord|ing (tape recordings)
[N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tape recording is a recording of sounds that has been made on tape.tape stream|er (tape streamers)
[N-COUNT]
A tape streamer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a hard disk onto magnetic tape for security or storage. (COMPUTING)tick|er tape
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Ticker tape consists of long narrow strips of paper on which information such as stock exchange prices is printed by a machine. In American cities, people sometimes throw ticker tape from high windows as a way of celebrating and honouring someone in public.
A half million people watched the troops march in New York's ticker tape parade.
1 [N-UNCOUNT] oft on N
Tape is a narrow plastic strip covered with a magnetic substance. It is used to record sounds, pictures, and computer information.
Many students declined to be interviewed on tape.
2 [N-COUNT]
A tape is a cassette or spool with magnetic tape wound round it.
She still listens to the tapes I made her.
3 [VERB] V n, V, V-ed
If you tape music, sounds, or television pictures, you record them using a tape recorder or a video recorder.
She has just taped an interview...
He shouldn't be taping without the singer's permission.
...taped evidence from prisoners.
4 [N-VAR]
A tape is a strip of cloth used to tie things together or to identify who a piece of clothing belongs to.
The books were all tied up with tape.
5 [N-COUNT] supp N
A tape is a ribbon that is stretched across the finishing line of a race.
...the finishing tape.
6 [N-UNCOUNT]
Tape is a sticky strip of plastic used for sticking things together.
7 [VERB] V n onto/to n, be V-ed adj
If you tape one thing to another, you attach it using sticky tape.
I taped the base of the feather onto the velvet...
The envelope has been tampered with and then taped shut again.
8
see also magnetic tape, masking tape, sticky tape, sticky tape, videotapedigi|tal audio tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Digital audio tape is a type of magnetic tape used to make very high quality recordings of sound by recording it in digital form. The abbreviation DAT is often used.mag|net|ic tape (magnetic tapes)
[N-VAR]
Magnetic tape is plastic tape covered with iron oxide or a similar magnetic substance. It is used for recording sounds, film, or computer information.
= tapemask|ing tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Masking tape is plastic or paper tape which is sticky on one side and is used, for example, to protect part of a surface that you are painting.red tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
You refer to official rules and procedures as red tape when they seem unnecessary and cause delay.
The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.Scotch tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Scotch tape is a clear sticky tape that is sold in rolls and that you use to stick paper or card together or onto a wall. (TRADEMARK)sticky tape
[N-UNCOUNT]
Sticky tape is clear sticky tape that is sold in rolls and that you use, for example to stick paper or card together, or to stick things onto a wall. (BRIT; in AM, use Scotch tape)tape deck (tape decks)
also tape-deck
[N-COUNT]
A tape deck is the machine on which you can play or record cassette tapes.tape meas|ure (tape measures)
[N-COUNT]
A tape measure is a strip of metal, plastic, or cloth which has numbers marked on it and is used for measuring.tape re|cord|er (tape recorders)
also tape-recorder
[N-COUNT]
A tape recorder is a machine used for recording and playing music, speech, or other sounds.tape re|cord|ing (tape recordings)
[N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tape recording is a recording of sounds that has been made on tape.tape stream|er (tape streamers)
[N-COUNT]
A tape streamer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a hard disk onto magnetic tape for security or storage. (COMPUTING)tick|er tape
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Ticker tape consists of long narrow strips of paper on which information such as stock exchange prices is printed by a machine. In American cities, people sometimes throw ticker tape from high windows as a way of celebrating and honouring someone in public.
A half million people watched the troops march in New York's ticker tape parade.