tape deck
8
4.7
- noun
- /teɪp dɛk/
- Archaic
:
reproductor de cinta
- Kat doesn't answer, but reaches over and puts a tape in the tape deck.
- cassette tape deck
- tape deck and CD
- tape deck player
That would be really great to start donating old things like VCRS and tape decks.
- That would be really great to start donating old things like VCRS and tape decks.
- Look for it in the tape deck of your stepdad's Camaro on the dark desert highway.
Examples
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A cassette tape deck is very helpful for recording student projects.
Academic text (1998) -
Andrew and I sang along to Linda Ronstadt on the tape deck.
Fiction book (1990) -
The only thing missing here is a tape deck.
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I'm real sorry someone broke in and stole your tape deck.
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I have a tape deck in my limo.
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The tape deck is in the manager's office behind the picture of, um, Ronald Reagan.
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Rick stopped playing and strolled over to his tape deck and put a tape on.
Fiction book (2001) -
What songs were forever being looped on your car's stereo tape deck back in high school?
Blog text (13) -
Jaye pops a cassette tape into the car tape deck.
Fiction book (2002) -
I connected my smartphone to the tape deck to play some music during the road trip.
Synonyms
69
2.4
A machine that records and plays sound on tape
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
4.6
A device that plays and records sound on cassette tapes
How Complex
- Specialized
1
4.0
- Archaic
4
3.2
- Archaic
8
4.7
- Archaic
5
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally formed: a B1 learner who knows 'tape' (magnetic strip for sound) and 'deck' (a platform or unit) can infer 'a unit or platform for tapes' — i.e. a device that holds/plays tapes. The extension of 'deck' to mean an audio component is a regular, predictable compounding pattern, so the meaning is transparently derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Tape deck comes from combining tape, the thin magnetic cassette, and deck, the flat unit that holds the player. So it literally names the box you put a tape into to 'play' or 'record' sound.