Words / B2

k-uh-SET/kəˈset/

A cassette is a small plastic case of tape for recording sound or video: a cassette tape; a cassette recorder. Tape is the medium; CD and vinyl are other physical formats. Date the cassette in the archive catalogue. Mix-up: cassette vs casette (misspelling); closet; do not write cassette for a streaming slogan with no archive object.

Meaning

A small plastic case of tape for recording sound or video (a cassette tape).

Examples

• “Date the cassette in the archive catalogue, not a streaming slogan.”
• “An oral-history cassette featured in the methods brief, which is the primary-source sense — still name the interviewee if given.”

Good to know

a cassette tape / recorder; compact cassette. Medium: tape. Later formats: CD / vinyl (different). Trap: casette. History, media, and methods. A small case of recording tape — date the object.

Near in meaning

tape, cartridge, recording

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