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minicorder

minicorder noun: a portable tape recorder.

Noun

minicorder (plural minicorders)

  1. A portable tape recorder.
    • The three big networks alone had more than 1000 people on the job, along sith a vast assortment of tape recorders, bind mikes, minicorders, walkie-talkies, peepie-creepies and periscopes[…]1952, Time, volume 60, numbers 1-13
    • The most interesting artifact left in the wake of Michael Enslin's brief stay (it lasted about seventy minutes) in room 1408 was the eleven minutes of recorded tape in his minicorder, which was charred a bit but not even close to destroyed.1999, Stephen King, 1408

Forms of minicorder

pluralminicorders

Origin of minicorder

Blend of mini- + recorder.

Questions about minicorder

What does minicorder mean?
Minicorder means a portable tape recorder.
What part of speech is minicorder?
Minicorder is a noun.
What is the plural of minicorder?
The plural of minicorder is minicorders.

Words near minicorder in the dictionary

  1. miniconstitutions
  2. minicontig
  3. minicontigs
  4. miniconvention
  5. miniconventions
  6. minicorder
  7. minicorders
  8. minicore
  9. minicores
  10. minicosm
  11. minicosms

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