cassette
cassette Lexical Profile
cassette Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A sealed plastic container housing magnetic tape that is used for recording and playing back audio or video.
"She found an old mixtape cassette in the attic and played it on her vintage boombox."
A lightproof magazine or container for holding film or photographic plates for use in a camera, or a container for holding samples in laboratory and medical settings.
"The radiographer carefully inserted the X-ray film cassette into the imaging machine."
The cluster of sprockets or gears attached to the rear hub of a bicycle, which allows the rider to change gears.
"He had to replace the cassette and chain on his mountain bike after riding through heavy mud for a season."
• Rhymes for cassette
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French 'cassette' (little box), a diminutive of 'casse' (box, case), which derives from the Latin 'capsa' (box).
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