tape deck (noun)

  • 1tape deck — noun electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system • Hypernyms: ↑electronic equipment • Hyponyms: ↑cassette deck • Part Holonyms: ↑audio system, ↑sound system …

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  • 2tape deck — tape ,deck noun count a piece of equipment for playing TAPES, especially music CASSETTES, that is part of a set of equipment containing SPEAKERS and an AMPLIFIER …

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  • 3tape deck — ► NOUN ▪ a piece of equipment for playing audio tapes, as part of a stereo system …

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  • 4tape deck — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tape deck : singular tape deck plural tape decks a piece of equipment for playing tapes, especially music cassettes, that is part of a set of equipment containing speakers and an amplifier …

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  • 5tape deck — noun (C) the part of a tape recorder that winds the tape, and records and plays back sound …

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  • 6tape deck — noun Date: 1949 a device used to play back and often to record on magnetic tape that usually has to be connected to an audio system …

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  • 7tape deck — noun tape recorder …

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  • 8ˈtape ˌdeck — noun [C] the part of a STEREO system that is used for playing CASSETTES …

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  • 9tape deck — /ˈteɪp dɛk/ (say tayp dek) noun 1. a tape recorder without built in amplifiers or speakers, used as a component in a high fidelity sound system. 2. Computers → magnetic tape unit …

  • 10tape drive — noun a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder • Syn: ↑tape transport, ↑transport • Hypernyms: ↑mechanism • Part Holonyms: ↑tape deck, ↑tape recorder, ↑ …

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