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# cassette

noun (a cassette, cassettes)

«cassette» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small plastic box with magnetic tape inside, used to record and play music or sound, popular from the 1970s to the 1990s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#m1)
2. A small sealed case that holds film, ink or other things for a machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#m2)
3. (bikes) The set of gear cogs on a bike's back wheel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons about technology it shows how people listened to music before CDs and streaming. Grandparents may talk about cassette players and mixtapes. Phrases: "cassette tape", "cassette player", "on cassette".

### Examples

- Mum still has her old cassette tapes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#x1)
- You needed a pencil to rewind a tangled cassette. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#x2)
- Grandad played a cassette in the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#x3)
- We recorded our band on a cassette. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#x4)
- Cassettes came before CDs and streaming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#x5)
- The mechanic changed the cassette on my bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced "ka-SET". Spelled with double s and double t. Plural: cassettes. Often shortened to "tape".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cassette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cassette/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cassette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cassette.html) on Mova free.