tape recorder

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A mechanical device for recording on magnetic tape and usually for playing back the recorded material.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds on magnetic tape; it often has an integrated microphone, amplifier, and speaker, and in such cases requires no additional equipment other than the magnetic tape for recording or playback.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape