cassette
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//kəˈsɛt//
- United States//kæˈsɛt//
- India//ˈkæː.seʈ//
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
noun
- 1
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.
- 2
Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner.
- 3
A lightproof container for photographic film.
- 4
A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- 5
A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
- 6
A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln).
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette French cassettebor. English cassette Borrowed from French cassette.
verb
- 1
To record onto a cassette
Forms
- plural
- cassettes
- past tense
- cassetted
- past participle
- cassetted
- present participle
- cassetting
- third person singular
- cassettes
cassette · A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
Cassidy · A surname from Irish anglicized from Ó Casaide (“descendant…cassie · A thorny shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, Vachellia…Cassie · A female given name.