tape recorder

noun

: a device for recording on and playing back magnetic tape

Examples of tape recorder in a Sentence

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Durham shadows Ali with his tape recorder, wedging his microphone between Ali and Joe Frazier as the pair drive from Philadelphia to New York. Melina Moe may 19, Literary Hub, 19 May 2025 His affinity for that shimmering piece of technology is profound: There is a tape recorder used by Malcolm X at Mosque #7 that is part of the collection at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2025 Krapp emerges onstage, coughing and doddering, into a dusty study and sits down at a desk to rehearse an annual ritual: recording a monologue on a chunky, reel-to-reel tape recorder. Houman Barekat, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 With the help of a tape recorder brought from Germany, the family was able to listen to the recording. Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tape recorder

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 12 Jun. 2025.

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tape recorder

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

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