cassette deck
1
4.6
- noun
- /kəˈsɛt dɛk/
- Archaic
:
reproductor de casetes
- stereo cassette deck
- car cassette deck
Examples
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Andrew, I need a cassette deck right now.
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This is the living room with a groovy new, uh... cassette deck.
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If any of you wanna bring me a present... ...a cassette deck wouldn't be bad.
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Remember that stereo you told me not to buy cos who needs a dual cassette deck?
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Sarah's voice speaks from a cassette deck.
Fiction book (1991) -
He jumps, startled, and sees Starling sitting in a corner, in the shadows, next to the cassette deck.
Fiction book (2001) -
I snap a Carly Simon tape into the cassette deck, lean my cheek against the cool dark leather as the car fills with the opening drumbeats of "You're So Vain."
Fiction book (1999) -
He connected his cassette deck to the speakers to play his favorite music.
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She found an old cassette deck in the attic that still works perfectly.
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The cassette deck recorded the concert live so they could listen to it later.
Synonyms
69
2.4
A machine that records and plays sound on tape
8
4.7
A machine that plays or records sound on cassette tapes
7
2.0
A machine that uses cassette tapes to let you hear recorded music
5
2.7
A small machine that plays music from cassette tapes, often with speakers or a headphone jack
4
3.2
A device that records or plays sound on magnetic tape
3
2.7
A small machine that records and plays sound on cassette tapes
1
9.8
An old machine that saves sound on thin metal wire and plays it back
How Portable
- Specialized
220
1.6
- Archaic
3
2.7
- Archaic
4
3.5
- Archaic
1
4.6
- Archaic
4
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
cassette + deck
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cassette' specifies the medium (audio tape) and 'deck' denotes a unit or device, so together they denote the machine used to play or record cassettes. This noun+noun pattern is a regular, cross-linguistically common compounding process, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Cassette deck comes from two parts: the cassette, a small plastic box that holds tape, and the deck, the flat unit where you put the cassette to play or record. So the name simply means the machine that holds a cassette and 'plays and records sound'.