- videocassette recorder
- noun Date: 1976 VCR
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videocassette recorder
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videocassette recorder — n. a device for recording on and playing back videocassettes … English World dictionary
Videocassette recorder — VCR redirects here. This article is about videocassette recorders in general. For other uses of VCR , including the Philips VCR ( N1500 ) video format, see VCR (disambiguation). The videocassette recorder (or VCR, more commonly known in the UK… … Wikipedia
videocassette recorder — an electronic apparatus capable of recording television programs or other signals onto videocassettes and playing them back through a television receiver. Also called VCR [1970 75] * * * ▪ electronics also spelled video cassette recorder (VCR) … … Universalium
videocassette recorder — noun a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs • Syn: ↑VCR • Hypernyms: ↑tape recorder, ↑tape machine * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] : vcr … Useful english dictionary
videocassette recorder — noun A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera for subsequent playback through a television set Syn: VCR … Wiktionary
videocassette recorder — vid′eocassette record er n. rtv See VCR • Etymology: 1970–75 … From formal English to slang
videocassette recorder — TV (VCR) Multifunction machine intended primarily for recording and playback ofvideotape stored in cassettes … Audio and video glossary
videocassette — (n.) 1971, from VIDEO (Cf. video) + CASSETTE (Cf. cassette). Videocassette recorder is from 1971, now usually VCR (also 1971) … Etymology dictionary
recorder — /ri kawr deuhr/, n. 1. a person who records, esp. as an official duty. 2. Eng. Law. a. a judge in a city or borough court. b. (formerly) the legal adviser of a city or borough, with responsibility for keeping a record of legal actions and local… … Universalium
recorder — noun 1) he put a cassette in the recorder Syn: tape recorder, cassette recorder; VCR, videocassette recorder, videotape recorder; DVD recorder, digital recorder 2) a recorder of rural life Syn: record keeper, archivist, annalist … Thesaurus of popular words
