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covertape

covertape noun: a cassette tape offered as a covermount, containing music or computer software.

Noun

covertape (plural covertapes)

  1. (historical) A cassette tape offered as a covermount, containing music or computer software.
    • In a couple of months I'll be putting a covertape, featuring several bands, on my fanzine 'Blind Youth'. I'm currently looking for unsigned bands/artists […]1996, Adie Nunn, “bands wanted for fanzine covertape”, in alt.music.uk (Usenet)
    • This game was an amazing Boulderdash clone/ripoff which was released on a YS [Your Sinclair] covertape in about 1991 […]2003, Weetomuncher, “Earth Shaker (YS Covertape)”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet)

Forms of covertape

pluralcovertapes

Origin of covertape

From cover + tape.

Questions about covertape

What does covertape mean?
Covertape means a cassette tape offered as a covermount, containing music or computer software.
What part of speech is covertape?
Covertape is a noun.
What is the plural of covertape?
The plural of covertape is covertapes.

Words near covertape in the dictionary

  1. covert-coat
  2. covert-coating
  3. covert-coatings
  4. covert-coats
  5. covert-hound
  6. covertape
  7. covertapes
  8. covertest
  9. covertex
  10. covertext
  11. coverthound

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