variants
or less commonly casette
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.
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When closed, the case resembles an 80s cassette carrier, only smaller.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
For ordinary people, the physical paper is joining the pay phone, the cassette tape, the answering machine, the bank check, the sound of the internal combustion engine and the ivory-white pair of women’s gloves as objects whose disappearance marks the passage of time.
—Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Its staff spent 1,300 hours recording an audio version of the World Book Encyclopedia over 219 cassette tapes, which were released to the public in 1981.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Dec. 2025
In Melissa O'Connor's debut novel, released over the summer, Margot discovers mysterious cassette tapes in her late grandma's home.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
For ordinary people, the physical paper is joining the pay phone, the cassette tape, the answering machine, the bank check, the sound of the internal combustion engine and the ivory-white pair of women’s gloves as objects whose disappearance marks the passage of time.
—Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Its staff spent 1,300 hours recording an audio version of the World Book Encyclopedia over 219 cassette tapes, which were released to the public in 1981.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Dec. 2025
In Melissa O'Connor's debut novel, released over the summer, Margot discovers mysterious cassette tapes in her late grandma's home.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cassette
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“Cassette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassette. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationKids 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
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
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