tape machine
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3.2
- noun
- /teɪp məˈʃin/
- Archaic
:
grabadora de cinta
- She played her favorite album on the tape machine as she cleaned the house.
- ticker-tape machine
- turn on the tape machine
You had consoles and outboard gear and then you had tape machines, which there's one back there.
- You had consoles and outboard gear and then you had tape machines, which there's one back there.
Examples
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The student might then record his or her own performance on the karaoke's cassette tape machine so that at a lesson, progress could be charted and corrective feedback given.
Academic text (1994) -
He turned on the tape machine and played it for me.
Fiction book (1992) -
Turn on the tape machine.
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Turn up the tape machine!
Fiction book (1998) -
Any movement in the hallway starts the tape machine automatically.
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I hope you don't have any hidden tape machines in this office, Frank.
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The technician starts his tape machine and tracing equipment.
Fiction book (1992) -
He switched off the tape machine and stared at his bright computer screen for several minutes, but nothing came to him, so he switched that off, too.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Toronto duo, producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass, decamped to Warsaw, where they laid down tracks in one take using a '50s tape machine.
Blog text (1) -
Before recording the song, make sure to check that the tape machine is working properly.
Synonyms
177
2.6
A device that saves sound or images for later playback
110
3.2
A machine that plays and records video on tape
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
5
2.9
Machines used to take and save sound or video
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7.4
A small machine that records and plays back speech to make notes
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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
1
4.3
A machine that records and plays television shows on tape
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3.4
A machine that makes and stores sound or video
1
9.8
An old machine that saves sound on thin metal wire and plays it back
A device that uses magnetic tape or disk to save sound, pictures and data
A machine for recording and playing video or audio on tape
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a machine for recording or playing sound using magnetic tape' is directly derivable from combining 'tape' (a strip that holds sound) with 'machine' (a powered device); the noun–noun compound follows a straightforward modifier→head pattern. This compositional and cross-linguistically common structure makes the phrase immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun tape machine comes from the simple image of a machine that uses a long strip of tape to store and play sound. That's why the name now means 'a machine for recording or playing sound'.