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
reel,
reel man,
reel of three,
reel off,
reel-fed,
reel-to-reel,
reel-to-reel tape,
reeled silk,
reeler,
reen,
reenforce
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