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videotape

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) videotape (noun)
  2. 2) videotape (verb)
  3. videotape recorder (noun)
  4. video tape recording (noun)

1vid·eo·tape

noun \ˈvi-dē-ō-ˌtāp\

Definition of VIDEOTAPE

: a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape; also : the magnetic tape used for such a recording
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Examples of VIDEOTAPE

  1. I watched the movie on videotape.
  2. <watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital>

First Known Use of VIDEOTAPE

1953

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Rhymes with VIDEOTAPE

acquaintance rape, adhesive tape, anthropoid ape, bent out of shape, magnetic tape

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