Definition of "tape recorder" []

• A mechanical device for recording on magnetic tape and usually for playing back the recorded material. (noun)

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• "Black Cap laughed, then became somber as Bald Head-Tattoo came into the room, a small black portable tape recorder in his hand."
• "Dr. James MacIntyre, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and associate professor of psychiatry at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, encourages parents to bring a notebook or even a tape recorder to record their sessions with him."
• "Ponch turned on his tape recorder and placed it on the table."