Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compact cassette

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
com-pact -cas-sette
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The standard cassette tape format introduced in 1963 by Philips; an audio cassette.

Inflected Forms

compact cassettes (plural)

Phrases

Digital Audio Tape video cassette tape deck A-side

Frequently Paired Words

Digital Audio Tape video cassette tape deck autoreverse A-side

Synonyms

CC cassette tape cassette Compact Audio Cassette music cassette

Questions

What does compact cassette mean?
The standard cassette tape format introduced in 1963 by Philips; an audio cassette.

How to pronounce compact cassette

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