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TAPE DECK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tape deck" is a kind of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Meronyms (parts of "tape deck"):
tape drive; tape transport; transport (a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tape deck"):
cassette deck (a tape deck for playing and recording cassette tapes)
Holonyms ("tape deck" is a part of...):
audio system; sound system (a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound)
