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cassette (iou) and Tower Bridge (oh)


cassette (iou)



cassette noun. L18.
[French, dim. of casse, caisse CASE noun2: see -ETTE.]
A casket. Now rare. L18.
A container for transporting photographic plates; a frame or holder for an X-ray plate or Film. L19.
A container for a spool of magnetic tape, photographic Film, etc., fashioned so as to be immediately usable on insertion into equipment designed for it; (now usu.) such a container together with its tape, Film, etc.; a Video or Audio magnetic recording on such a tape etc. M20.
Genetics. A block of genetic material which can be inserted or moved as a unit, esp. one which is expressed only at one location. L20.
Comb.: cassette deck, cassette player, cassette recorder, cassette tape-recorder: designed to (record and) play back magnetic tapes.

Tower Bridge (oh)



a bridge which crosses the River Thames in London, just to the east of the Tower of London. The part of the bridge which carries the road divides in the middle into two separate parts, which can be pulled up so that tall ships can pass under it. Tower Bridge is one of London's best-known buildings, and is often used as a symbol representing London.