AUDIOTAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does audiotape mean? 

• AUDIOTAPE (noun)
  The noun AUDIOTAPE has 2 senses:

1. a tape recording of sound

2. magnetic tape for use in recording sound

  Familiarity information: AUDIOTAPE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUDIOTAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tape recording of sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("audiotape" is a kind of...):

audio; audio recording; sound recording (a recording of acoustic signals)

tape; tape recording; taping (a recording made on magnetic tape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "audiotape"):

DAT; digital audiotape (a digital tape recording of sound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Magnetic tape for use in recording sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("audiotape" is a kind of...):

mag tape; magnetic tape; tape (memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information)