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Pronunciation : Tape
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. t?ppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.]
Definition : 1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. Red tape. See under Red. -- Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery. -- Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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