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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Thus far, 700 items have been scanned and imaged, Lockhart said, including postcards, documents, objects and photos and transcription and digitization of oral histories that previously were on cassette tapes and other physical media.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Paddy: don't know how this cassette works, or this derailleur works,
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Before playing Aaron Stampler in Primal Fear, his only previous onscreen credit was for an English as a Second Language instructional cassette.
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That could mean vinyl, which has become hugely popular again in just the past few years, or perhaps CD, or even cassette, which is making a small but mighty comeback.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Paddy: don't know how this cassette works, or this derailleur works,
Scott: What is rebound exactly?
—Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2025
Before playing Aaron Stampler in Primal Fear, his only previous onscreen credit was for an English as a Second Language instructional cassette.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
That could mean vinyl, which has become hugely popular again in just the past few years, or perhaps CD, or even cassette, which is making a small but mighty comeback.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 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 4 Apr. 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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