variants
or less commonly casette
1
2
: a usually flat case or cartridge that can be easily loaded or unloaded: such as
a
: a lightproof magazine for holding film or plates for use in a camera
b
: a plastic cartridge containing magnetic tape with the tape passing from one reel to another
3
: a cassette tape player
Examples of cassette in a Sentence
The songs are available on cassette.
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It's got two cassette decks for playback and recording, as well as a CD player that can handle regular discs as well as MP3s and lossless FLAC files.
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New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2026
Finding shows made before 2008 required a production assistant to search through shelves of cassette cases, some with only a Post-It note to identify what was inside.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
The album’s cassette edition was also sold exclusively via the artist webstore, while its CD was widely available.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2026
As a teenager, Auf der Maur found her way into the city’s music scene with friends, dancing at the Club Thunderdome, Montreal’s goth bar, catching new acts at Foufounes, and eventually landing a gig as a cassette DJ at Bar Le Bifteck, a former Portuguese steakhouse turned dive bar.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2026
Finding shows made before 2008 required a production assistant to search through shelves of cassette cases, some with only a Post-It note to identify what was inside.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
The album’s cassette edition was also sold exclusively via the artist webstore, while its CD was widely available.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2026
As a teenager, Auf der Maur found her way into the city’s music scene with friends, dancing at the Club Thunderdome, Montreal’s goth bar, catching new acts at Foufounes, and eventually landing a gig as a cassette DJ at Bar Le Bifteck, a former Portuguese steakhouse turned dive bar.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Cassette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassette. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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cassette
noun
cas·sette
kə-ˈset 
ka-
: a container holding film, photographic plates, or magnetic tape
Medical Definition
cassette
noun
cas·sette
variants
also casette
1
: a lightproof magazine for holding film or plates for use in a camera
specifically
: one for holding the intensifying screens and film in X-ray photography
2
: a small plastic cartridge containing magnetic tape with the tape on one reel passing to the other
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