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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.
--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
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Record
N record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.For further exploring for "videotape" in Webster Dictionary Online