Tape Piece Teɪp Recorded Long Material Thin Noun

• adhesive/sticky tape
• fit the carpet using double-sided tape.
• twenty years ago he was caught on tape in a very embarrassing situation.
• i have all my school concert performances recorded on tape.

tape

1. a long, narrow piece of material with a sticky substance on one side that is used for sticking things together
• SEE ALSO duct tape
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/duct-tape
• adhesive/sticky tape
• Fit the carpet using double-sided tape.
2. a long, thin piece of magnetic material, used for recording sounds, pictures or information, especially before digital technology became available
• SEE ALSO audio tape
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/audio-tape
• Twenty years ago he was caught on tape in a very embarrassing situation.
• I have all my school concert performances recorded on tape.
3. a cassette that contains sounds, or sounds and pictures, that have been recorded
• a blank tape (= a tape with nothing recorded on it)
• Someone had deliberately erased the tapes.

Extra Examples

• The singer was miming to a pre-recorded tape.
• The tape contained damning evidence.
• What does this tape have on it?
• Police seized various books and tapes.
4. a narrow piece of material that is used for tying things together or as a label
• SEE ALSO name tape
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/name-tape
• The papers were in a pile, tied together with a tape.
5. a long, thin piece of material that is stretched across the place where a race will finish or used to mark off an area
• the finishing tape
• Police tape cordoned off the street in front of the house.
6. a long thin piece of plastic, cloth or flexible metal that has measurements marked on it and is used for measuring the length or height of something
• SEE ALSO measuring tape
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/measuring-tape

Word Origin

• Old English tæppa, tæppe; perhaps related to Middle Low German teppen ‘pluck, tear’.