reel-to-reel

[ reel-tuh-reel ]
/ ˈril təˈril /

adjective

of or relating to an audio sound-equipment system or motion-picture camera or projector through which the tape or film must be threaded onto a take-up reel.

Origin of reel-to-reel

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby reel-to-reel

British Dictionary definitions for reel-to-reel

reel-to-reel

adjective

(of magnetic tape) wound from one reel to another in use
(of a tape recorder) using magnetic tape wound from one reel to another, as opposed to cassettes