tape recorder
69
2.4
- noun
- /ˈteɪp rɪˈkɔːrdər/
- Archaic
:
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- I had to carry a tape recorder around to make sure I recorded the interview.
- a cassette tape recorder
- use a tape recorder
- equipment and tape recorders
You fly to Washington and you sit down in a room with no tape recorders and talk it out.
- You fly to Washington and you sit down in a room with no tape recorders and talk it out.
- And in between take, she would pull over a chair next to her for him, and he would bring out his tape recorder and she would tell him stories.
- And Sam had like a cassette tape recorder and like a little microphone.
- And I used to, we had tape recorders at home and I used to go into the studio and record multiple tracks or change the quality of sound, things like that.
Examples
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Brian holds a flashlight in one hand, a tape recorder in the other.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'm just testin' my new little tape recorder I got.
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And I just love adding this tape recorder to my my collection.
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I had to carry a little tape recorder around to make sure I recorded it.
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Mind if I use a tape recorder?
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It's just a tape recorder.
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So a lot of this involves putting tape recorders in the homes of parents of young children.
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For this activity, it can be useful to have a tape recorder ready to record the improvisation.
Academic text (1996) -
At these celebrations, I always employed a tape recorder, which seemed not to be intrusive.
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"We're rolling." Decker turned on his tape recorder and stated the identification of all the parties involved.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
177
2.6
A device that saves sound or images for later playback
8
4.7
A machine that plays or records sound on cassette tapes
4
3.2
A device that records or plays sound on magnetic tape
4
7.4
A small machine that records and plays back speech to make notes
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
1
9.8
An old machine that saves sound on thin metal wire and plays it back
1
3.4
A machine that makes and stores sound or video
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 Portable
- Archaic
4
7.4
- Archaic
3
2.7
- Archaic
69
2.4
- Archaic
8
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'recorder' that uses a 'tape' — i.e., a device for recording/playing sound on magnetic tape. This noun–noun compound follows a standard, cross-linguistically common composition pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Tape recorder comes from old machines that captured voices on a long, thin strip called tape that moved between two wheels while the recorder captured the sound. So the name literally means a device that 'records' on 'tape', and today it still means a machine that records and plays back sound.