TAPE RECORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tape recorder mean? 

• TAPE RECORDER (noun)
  The noun TAPE RECORDER has 1 sense:

1. a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape

  Familiarity information: TAPE RECORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPE RECORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A magnetic recorder using magnetic tape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tape machine; tape recorder

Hypernyms ("tape recorder" is a kind of...):

magnetic recorder (recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media)

Meronyms (parts of "tape recorder"):

magnetic head (an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved)

tape drive; tape transport; transport (a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder)

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

Dictaphone (a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation)

VCR; videocassette recorder (a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs)

Derivation:

tape record (record with a tape recorder)