VCR

1. videocassette recorder: an electronic apparatus capable of recording television programs or other signals onto videocassettes and playing them back through a television receiver.

VCR

abbreviation for

1. video cassette recorder
2. visual control room (at an airfield)

Example Sentences

One of my favorite childhood pastimes was watching my parents’ wedding video, which I played on our family VCR in the days before DVDs and online streaming.

From Seattle Times

As for whatever was captured on tape, who has a VCR anymore?

From New York Times

Since the VCR wasn’t as ubiquitous as it would be a few years later, relatively few horndogs were rewinding to ogle those moments.

From Salon

Until the adoption of the VCR, late night television was available only at night; it had what might be called a circadian subtext.

From Los Angeles Times

Troye Sivan, “Rush” Better hope your VCR doesn’t need cleaning soon, because this song cleared stores of amyl nitrite.

From Los Angeles Times