tape recorder

noun

: a device for recording on and playing back magnetic tape

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Messier addresses the mess Prior to practice the next day at Rye Playland, Keenan summoned a select group of Rangers beat writers into his office and asked them to turn off their tape recorders. Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Armed with a Wollensak reel-to-reel tape recorder, Segal also recorded shows at other city venues. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Judy Garland grumbled into a tape recorder in the mid-nineteen-sixties. Matt Weinstock, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026 There was space for storing LPs or for an optional Ampex 1250 reel-to-reel tape recorder. Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tape recorder

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tape recorder was in 1932

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“Tape recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20recorder. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.

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tape recorder

noun
: a device for recording on and playing back magnetic tapes

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