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reel-to-reel tape

reel-to-reel tape noun: an audio recording medium consisting of magnetic tape that runs from one reel to another passing the record and playback heads.

Noun

reel-to-reel tape (countable and uncountable, plural reel-to-reel tapes)

  1. An audio recording medium consisting of magnetic tape that runs from one reel to another passing the record and playback heads.

Forms of reel-to-reel tape

pluralreel-to-reel tapes

Questions about reel-to-reel tape

What does reel-to-reel tape mean?
Reel-to-reel tape means an audio recording medium consisting of magnetic tape that runs from one reel to another passing the record and playback heads.
What part of speech is reel-to-reel tape?
Reel-to-reel tape is a noun.
What is the plural of reel-to-reel tape?
The plural of reel-to-reel tape is reel-to-reel tapes.

Words near reel-to-reel tape in the dictionary

  1. reel to reel tapes
  2. reel up
  3. reel-pot
  4. reel-pots
  5. reel-to-reel
  6. reel-to-reel tape
  7. reel-to-reel tape recorder
  8. reel-to-reel tape recorders
  9. reel-to-reel tapes
  10. reel-to-reels
  11. reelable

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