audiotape

• audio tape

audio +‎ tape

• Audio (US)

  (file)

audiotape (plural audiotapes)

1. A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
   • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 799:

     I thought of an old ad for Memorex audiotape. It showed a crystal glass being shattered by sound vibrations. By pure harmonics.

2. Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.

audiotape (third-person singular simple present audiotapes, present participle audiotaping, simple past and past participle audiotaped)

1. (transitive) To record onto audiotape.