cassette

Definitions of cassette
  1. noun
    a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
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    types:
    audiocassette, bandje, cassetteband, cassettebandje, geluidscassette
    a cassette for audiotape
    type of:
    container, laadkist
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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Power Suffix: -ette

A borrowing from Middle French, -ette is a diminutive suffix. There are two widely used senses of this suffix: the first denotes the smallness of an object and the second refers to a woman carrying out the role of the root word.

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Frindle
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Nick Allen is a lively kid with big plans. When his newest idea catches on like wildfire, Nick surprises his teachers, his school, and even himself.

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