videocassette
noun
vid·eo·cas·sette
ˌvi-dē-ō-kə-ˈset 
-ka-
1
: a case containing videotape for use with a VCR
2
: a recording on a videocassette
Examples of videocassette in a Sentence
That movie is now available on videocassette.
He has a large collection of videocassettes.
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In 1977, when videocassette players first went on the market, up to 75 percent of the tapes being sold were pornographic.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Others copied content from satellite dishes to videocassettes that furnished video libraries.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The profits for the film division rose 8 percent from the previous year’s quarter, to $79.1 million from $73.3 million, due to the fact that the studio released four profitable videocassettes in the quarter, compared to one in the same quarter the year before.
—Jeanie Kasindorf, Vulture, 10 July 2024
But an intrepid producer on the documentary dug through countless plastic containers and eventually found the videocassette of those nuptials.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Others copied content from satellite dishes to videocassettes that furnished video libraries.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The profits for the film division rose 8 percent from the previous year’s quarter, to $79.1 million from $73.3 million, due to the fact that the studio released four profitable videocassettes in the quarter, compared to one in the same quarter the year before.
—Jeanie Kasindorf, Vulture, 10 July 2024
But an intrepid producer on the documentary dug through countless plastic containers and eventually found the videocassette of those nuptials.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for videocassette
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“Videocassette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/videocassette. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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videocassette
noun
vid·eo·cas·sette
ˌvid-ē-ō-kə-ˈset
1
: a case containing videotape for use with a VCR
2
: a recording (as of a movie) on a videocassette
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