variants or less commonly casette
1
2
: a usually flat case or cartridge that can be easily loaded or unloaded: such as
a
: a lightproof magazine for holding film or plates for use in a camera
b
: a plastic cartridge containing magnetic tape with the tape passing from one reel to another
3
: a cassette tape player
Examples of cassette in a Sentence
The songs are available on cassette.
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Starting with a blast of hardcore-adjacent DIY cassettes, the band expanded its palette quickly, planting big, muddy footprints all over tons of styles and genres, some inherited and some invented. —
Marc Masters, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026 These days most major music acts release their albums on cassette tapes as an ancillary if small source of revenue (including the likes of Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish). —Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 In the eight-part audio drama Babalu, Sherry Zhang died by suicide in 1989, leaving behind a baby daughter Luisa and, unbeknownst to her family, dozens of cassette tapes recording her innermost thoughts. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026 Hansard admired his girlfriend’s older brother, who gave him a cassette of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits. —Charles Moss, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cassette
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Marc Masters, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026 These days most major music acts release their albums on cassette tapes as an ancillary if small source of revenue (including the likes of Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish). —Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 In the eight-part audio drama Babalu, Sherry Zhang died by suicide in 1989, leaving behind a baby daughter Luisa and, unbeknownst to her family, dozens of cassette tapes recording her innermost thoughts. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026 Hansard admired his girlfriend’s older brother, who gave him a cassette of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits. —Charles Moss, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cassette
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“Cassette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/cassette. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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cassette
noun
cas·sette kə-ˈset 
ka-
: a container holding film, photographic plates, or magnetic tape
Medical Definition
cassette
noun
cas·sette
variants also casette
1
: a lightproof magazine for holding film or plates for use in a camera
specifically : one for holding the intensifying screens and film in X-ray photography
2
: a small plastic cartridge containing magnetic tape with the tape on one reel passing to the other
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