a plastic container for magnetic tape, as one inserted into a tape deck (as modifier): a cassette recorder - another term for
cartridge 5 the injection of genes from one species into the fertilized egg of another species
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cas•sette /kəˈsɛt, kæ-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Sound Reproductiona plastic case in which audiotape or videotape runs between two reels for recording or playing back.
- Photographya container for a roll of photographic film.
cas•sette
(kə set′, ka-),USA pronunciation n.
- Sound ReproductionAlso called cassette′ tape′. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback in a tape recorder or cassette deck and by some small computer systems to store programs and data. Cf. microcassette, minicassette.
- Radio and Television, Sound Reproductionan audio cassette or videocassette.
- Photographya lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, having a single spool for supplying and rewinding the film.
- French, equivalent. to casse box (see case2) + -ette -ette
- 1955–60
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'cassette' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
DCC
- VCR
- VHS
- Walkman
- audio cassette
- boom box
- cartridge
- casket
- cassette deck
- chromium dioxide
- deck
- digital compact cassette
- ear
- fast forward
- forward
- front load
- ghetto blaster
- gold
- light trap
- liner note
- microcassette
- minicassette
- music centre
- nonbook
- personal stereo
- platinum
- player
- rewind
- single
- track
- tracking
- video
- video cassette
- video cassette recorder
- videocassette