| adhesive tape |
a strip of cotton, plastic, or other tape coated with a sticky material on one side, used esp. for attaching bandages. |
| digital audio tape |
a tape recording made with digital techniques. |
| duct tape |
a wide, strong adhesive tape, typically silver in color, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts but used for a wide variety of purposes. |
| eight-track tape |
a magnetic-tape cartridge with four pairs of stereo tracks of prerecorded sound, popular in the United States from the mid-sixties to the early eighties. |
| friction tape |
a sturdy cloth or plastic adhesive tape that is moisture-resistant and is used esp. to insulate electrical wires. |
| magnetic tape |
a plastic tape coated with magnetic iron oxide, used to store recorded material. |
| masking tape |
a papery adhesive tape used esp. to cover and protect surfaces that are not to be painted, or as an aid in painting straight lines or narrow bands. |
| measuring tape |
a flexible tape used to measure length; tape measure. |
| red tape |
official forms, regulations, and procedures, esp. those resulting in delay and frustration. |
| Scotch tape |
trademark for a transparent or semitransparent cellulose adhesive tape. |
| tape deck |
a tape recorder and player without its own amplifier or speaker, usu. part of a larger sound system. |
| tape measure |
a long strip of cloth or flexible metal having units such as inches, feet, centimeters, or meters marked on it, used for measuring; measuring tape. |
| tape recorder |
a machine used to record sound onto magnetic tape or to play back the sound recorded. |
| tape-record |
to record (sound) onto magnetic tape. |
| ticker tape |
paper tape upon which a telegraphic ticker prints stock quotations, reports, and the like. |
| ticker-tape parade |
a parade in which a championship sports team, war hero, or dignitary is showered with ticker tape, confetti, and the like from buildings along the parade route. |