tape recorder Definition
tape recorder
noun
a device for recording on magnetic tape and for playing back what has been recorded
tape recorder Synonyms
tape recorder
n.
Types and components of tape recorders include: tape deck, cassette deck, tape head, monaural recorder, stereo recorder, stereophonic recorder, take-up wheel, reel-to-reel, tape transport, input jack, output jack, two-track, four-track, eight-track, tape cartridge, cassette, microcassette, digital audio tape, DAT, digital counter, sound-on-sound, sound-with-sound, reverse-o-matic, automatic shutoff, hysteresis-synchronous motor, voice-activated tape machine, telephone answering machine, tape eraser, demagnetizer.
tape recorder Usage Examples
Converse of object
- reel: Poor Mini Circa late 1960s - Portable reel to reel tape recorder.
- use: I use a tape recorder much more to record lectures.
- find: But the echoes of Des live on - shortly after his death Joyce found a mini cassette tape recorder in his desk.
- have: Our agent has a separate tape recorder in there; he will be able to review their conversation later.
- take: I even forgot to take a tape recorder along with me.
- get: Recognizing a promotional opportunity, the NASA official accompanying the astronauts agreed and told an underling to get a tape recorder.
Converse of subject
capture: Actuality for us is people's experience, captured by the tape recorder.
Adjective modifier
- reel-to-reel: Keith had just bought an antiquated portable reel-to-reel tape recorder to make recordings of the events he attended.
- 4-track: Demo of the week... Tony Tapwater 4-track cassette tape recorders are crap.
- portable: An Austrian retailer used the name Walkman for portable tape recorders not produced by Sony.
- video: Tape recorders, magnetic phono cartridges, and even video tape recorders can be sensitive to this.
- audio: Loan Equipment There are laptops and audio tape recorders available for loan.
- small: A small tape recorder rests on top of the man's chest in a small pool of blood from the razor cuts.
Modifies a noun
head: You need to use a lint-free cloth to apply the varnish and for details and crevices, use a tape recorder head cleaning swab.
Noun used with modifier
- cassette: But the echoes of Des live on - shortly after his death Joyce found a mini cassette tape recorder in his desk.
- multi-track: The only technical problem was synchronizing three 35mm projectors with the SMPTE on the multi-track tape recorders.
- steel: A Marconi Stille steel tape recorder: in working order!
- studio: These heads were the result of valuable experience, which was gained in the construction of all-metal heads for professional studio tape recorders.
- and/or: Whenever there were witnesses, cameras, microphones and/or tape recorders in evidence, he would become very cagey and evasive.
Preposition: in
case: Concours Clarion portable Circa late 1960s - Portable reel to reel tape recorder in light gray metal case with clear perspex cover.
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