Meaning & use
VCR
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A device that records and plays back video and audio on magnetic tape cassettes.
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We dug an old VCR out of the closet to watch our childhood home videos.
Before streaming existed, people recorded TV shows on a VCR.
A note on using this word
Short for "video cassette recorder," the VCR was the dominant home video format from the late 1970s until DVDs replaced it in the early 2000s.
Words with a similar meaning
videocassette recorder
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