Tape

Quick meaning: Tape is a noun meaning Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

Meaning

Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

More Meanings

1. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
2. Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
3. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
4. (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
5. (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
6. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
7. (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick.

Example Sentences

Did you get that on tape?

I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape.

Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.

We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.

Word Forms

• tapes
• taping
• taped

Synonyms for tape

Depending on context, synonyms include videotape, taping, tape recording, tapeline, record.

Antonyms for tape

Common opposites include erase, delete.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tapeline, tape recording, videotape, record, band, stripe.

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