tape recorder

noun

: a device for recording on and playing back magnetic tape

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After Grobstein’s death in January 2022, his son, Scott Grobstein, sold his father’s mic, tape recorder and the original tapes of the Elia rant for $1,800. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025 Now with the series finale that began streaming on Tuesday, viewers understand that clicking sound was a tape recorder and that voiceover was a present-day June. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025 Armed with a list of questions on a legal pad and a tape recorder, Edda Fields-Black and her older sister went from house to house in Brownsville recording her family’s history – a task she was paid to do by her mom, historian Dorothy Jenkins Fields. Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025 Durham shadows Ali with his tape recorder, wedging his microphone between Ali and Joe Frazier as the pair drive from Philadelphia to New York. Melina Moe may 19, Literary Hub, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tape recorder

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tape recorder was in 1932

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“Tape recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20recorder. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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tape recorder

noun
: a device for recording on and playing back magnetic tapes

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