videotape

CIDE DICTIONARY

videotape, n. 

•  a video recording made on magnetic tape.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

videotape, n. & v.
--n. magnetic tape for recording television pictures and sound.
--v.tr. make a recording of (broadcast material etc.) with this.

Idiom

videotape recorder = video recorder.

THESAURUS

videotape

TV show, book, bulletin board, calendar, canned show, card, carve, catalog, catalog card, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, colorcast, cut, disc, docket, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, file, filing card, fill out, film, grave, impanel, incise, index, index card, inscribe, insert, jot down, library catalog, list, live show, log, magnetic tape, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, microcard, microdot, microfiche, microfilm, minute, motion-picture film, note, note down, phonograph record, place upon record, platter, poll, post, post up, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, record, reduce to writing, register, scoreboard, scorecard, scoresheet, set down, simulcast, slip, tabulate, take down, tape, tape-record, taped show, telecast, telefilm, television broadcast, ticker tape, write, write down, write in, write out, write up

ROGET THESAURUS

videotape

Record

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