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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Throughout her career, she’s only sent three tunes to that list, which focuses on pure purchases of tracks available on formats like CD, vinyl, and cassette.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
In the pre-digital age, music fans had no choice but to listen to various stations and make their own playlists by recording songs on a separate cassette player.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 July 2025
American Heart was released as a 10-song standard album and was available via streaming services and to purchase as a widely available digital download, CD, deluxe CD boxed set with a T-shirt (sold via Boone’s webstore), two cassette variants and seven vinyl variants.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 29 June 2025
Two specialty debit card designs are also included in the program: one that looks like a cassette tape and another resembling a vinyl record.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
In the pre-digital age, music fans had no choice but to listen to various stations and make their own playlists by recording songs on a separate cassette player.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 9 July 2025
American Heart was released as a 10-song standard album and was available via streaming services and to purchase as a widely available digital download, CD, deluxe CD boxed set with a T-shirt (sold via Boone’s webstore), two cassette variants and seven vinyl variants.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 29 June 2025
Two specialty debit card designs are also included in the program: one that looks like a cassette tape and another resembling a vinyl record.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cassette
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“Cassette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassette. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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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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