cassette

noun

cas·​sette kə-ˈset 

ka-

variants or less commonly casette

1

: casket sense 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1994, the cassette tape of the track was then passed to the remaining Beatles members, who had originally wanted to build a full song off the demo. —Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2025

Highlights for Baby Boomers included the popular Ford Mustang, the invention of the Frisbee, and cassette tapes for listening to Elvis Presley and The Beatles. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025

The new music was found among the hundreds of cassette tapes, scripts, music files and journals in Larson’s apartment after his shocking death from an aortic dissection at age 35 in 1996. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025

Music and movies were delivered through physical media like cassette tapes, VHS, CDs and DVDs. —Taesik Yoon, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, diminutive of dialect French (Norman & Picard) casse case

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

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

kə-ˈset, ka- 

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