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Definition of cassette noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cassette

noun
 
/kəˈset/
 
/kəˈset/
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  1. a small flat plastic case containing tape for playing or recording music or sound
    • a video cassette (= for recording sound and pictures)
    • a cassette tape
    • a cassette recorder/player
    • on cassette I remember listening to their first album on cassette.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • audio
    • video
    • tape
    verb + cassette
    • insert
    • play
    • put on
    cassette + noun
    • deck
    • player
    • recorder
    preposition
    • on cassette
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  2. a plastic case containing film that can be put into a camera
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • audio
    • video
    • tape
    verb + cassette
    • insert
    • play
    • put on
    cassette + noun
    • deck
    • player
    • recorder
    preposition
    • on cassette
    See full entry
  3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of casse, chasse, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.
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