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video tape

video tape is the alternative form of videotape.

Meaning of videotape

Noun

videotape (countable and uncountable, plural videotapes)

  1. A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
  2. Synonym of videocassette (“cassette containing videotape”).
    Synonyms:
    videocassette

See all 4 meanings of videotape

Forms of video tape

pluralvideo tapes

Questions about video tape

What is video tape the alternative form of?
Video tape is the alternative form of videotape.

Words near video tape in the dictionary

  1. video stream
  2. video streams
  3. video surveillance
  4. video surveillances
  5. video tap
  6. video tape
  7. video tapes
  8. video vixen
  9. video vixens
  10. video vérité
  11. video-

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