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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.

recording equipment, cassette recorder, videocassette recorder, VCR, dictaphone; see also record player.

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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