cassette

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cas|sette /kəs'et/ (cassettes)
1 [N-COUNT] also on N
A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film.
His two albums released on cassette have sold more than 10 million copies.
= tape
2 [N-COUNT]
A cassette is the container or case for the film that you load into a camera.cas|sette play|er (cassette players)
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A cassette player is a machine that is used for playing cassettes and sometimes also recording them.cas|sette re|cord|er (cassette recorders)
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A cassette recorder is a machine that is used for recording and listening to cassettes.
= tape recorderra|dio cas|sette (radio cassettes)
[N-COUNT] oft N n
A radio cassette is a radio and a cassette player together in a single machine. (BRIT)
...a radio cassette player.video cas|sette (video cassettes)
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A video cassette is a cassette containing videotape, on which you can record or watch moving pictures and sounds.
= videotape

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