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

That’s because surviving band members created it using AI tools to isolate and enhance a low-quality cassette tape of John Lennon singing and playing piano in the late 1970s. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025

The set can also be found on the Official Albums Sales ranking—which isn’t specific to projects being sold on CD, vinyl, or cassette—at No. 78. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

Vinyl and cassette editions of Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires are forthcoming. —Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025

Carpenter captures a second album in the top 10, and the second top 10 of her career, as her holiday effort Fruitcake re-enters the chart at No. 10 (a new peak) following its wide physical release on CD, vinyl and cassette on Dec. 6. —Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2024

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