- [uncountable] a long, narrow piece of material with a sticky substance on one side that is used for sticking things together
- adhesive/sticky tape
- Fit the carpet using double-sided tape.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- adhesive
- Scotch™
- sticky
- …
- piece
- strip
- roll
- …
- seal something (up) with
- use
- apply
- …
- measure
- dispenser
- [uncountable] a long, thin piece of magnetic material, used for recording sounds, pictures or information, especially before digital technology became available
- on tape Twenty years ago he was caught on tape in a very embarrassing situation.
- I have all my school concert performances recorded on tape.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- magnetic
- audio
- computer
- …
- store something on
- capture something on
- get something on
- …
- recording
- loop
- machine
- …
- on tape
- [countable] a cassette that contains sounds, or sounds and pictures, that have been recorded
- a blank tape (= a tape with nothing recorded on it)
- Someone had deliberately erased the tapes.
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicb1- The singer was miming to a pre-recorded tape.
- The tape contained damning evidence.
- What does this tape have on it?
- Police seized various books and tapes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cassette
- audio
- music
- …
- make
- play
- play back
- …
- contain something
- have something
- show something
- …
- deck
- player
- recorder
- …
- [countable, uncountable] a narrow piece of material that is used for tying things together or as a label
- The papers were in a pile, tied together with a tape.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- adhesive
- Scotch™
- sticky
- …
- piece
- strip
- roll
- …
- seal something (up) with
- use
- apply
- …
- measure
- dispenser
- [countable] a long, thin piece of material that is stretched across the place where a race will finish or used to mark off an area
- the finishing tape
- Police tape cordoned off the street in front of the house.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- adhesive
- Scotch™
- sticky
- …
- piece
- strip
- roll
- …
- seal something (up) with
- use
- apply
- …
- measure
- dispenser
- (also tape measure, measuring tape)[countable] a long thin piece of plastic, cloth or flexible metal that has measurements marked on it and is used for measuring the length or height of something see also measuring tapeOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- adhesive
- Scotch™
- sticky
- …
- piece
- strip
- roll
- …
- seal something (up) with
- use
- apply
- …
- measure
- dispenser
Word OriginOld English tæppa, tæppe; perhaps related to Middle Low German teppen ‘pluck, tear’.
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