bureaucratic procedure red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
adhesive tape | tape coated with adhesive |
cassette tape | a cassette that contains magnetic tape |
cellulose tape Scotch tape Sellotape | transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending |
cenotaph empty tomb | a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered |
duct tape | a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses, duct tape holds the world together |
empty | a container that has been emptied, return all empties to the store |
friction tape insulating tape | a wateresistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors |
magnetic tape mag tape tape | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide, used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information, he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview |
masking tape masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
tape | a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening, he used a piece of tape for a belt, he wrapped a tape around the package |
tape tape recording taping | a recording made on magnetic tape, the several recordings were combined on a master tape |
tape tapeline tape measure | measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths, the carpenter should have used his tape measure |
tape cartridge | a cartridge containing magnetic tape, for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems |
tape deck | electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers), a component in an audio system |
tape drive tape transport transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read write heads of a tape playback recorder |
tape player | electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes |
tape recorder tape machine | a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape |
palaver hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
tape | the finishing line for a foot race, he broke the tape in record time |
empty nester | a parent whose children have grown up and left home |
tape grass eelgrass wild celery Vallisneria spiralis | submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves, Old World and Australia |
void vacancy emptiness vacuum | an empty area or space, the huge desert voids, the emptiness of outer space, without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum |
nothingness void nullity nihility | the state of nonexistence |
paper tape | a long narrow strip of paper |
ticker tape | a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written |
evacuate void empty | excrete or discharge from the body |
invalidate void vitiate | take away the legal force of or render ineffective, invalidate a contract |
empty discharge | become empty or void of its content, The room emptied |
empty | make void or empty of contents, Empty the box, The alarm emptied the building |
void | clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something, The chemist voided the glass bottle, The concert hall was voided of the audience |
record tape | register electronically, They recorded her singing |
tape record | record with a tape recorder |
videotape tape | record on videotape |
tape | fasten or attach with tape, tape the shipping label to the box |
scotch tape sellotape | fasten or attach with sellotape, The hotel manager scotch taped a note to the guest's door |
empty | remove, Empty the water |
vacate empty abandon | leave behind empty, move out of, You must vacate your office by tonight |
invalidate annul quash void avoid nullify | declare invalid, The contract was annulled, void a plea |
empty | holding or containing nothing, an empty glass, an empty room, full of empty seats, empty hours |
empty-handed | carrying nothing in the hands |
void | containing nothing, the earth was without form, and void |
empty | emptied of emotion, after the violent argument he felt empty |
empty empty-bellied | needing nourishment, after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime, empty-bellied children |
taped tape-recorded | recorded on tape |
empty hollow vacuous | devoid of significance or point, empty promises, a hollow victory, vacuous comments |
airheaded dizzy empty-headed featherbrained giddy light-headed lightheaded silly | lacking seriousness, given to frivolity, a dizzy blonde, light-headed teenagers, silly giggles |
empty-handed unrewarded | having acquired or gained nothing, the returned from the negotiations empty-handed |
null void | lacking any legal or binding force, null and void |