Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers);
a component in an audio system;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tape deck \Tape deck\, n.
an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds
on magnetic tape; usually it needs to be connected to an
amplifier system for playback.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tape deck
n 1: electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes
(but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an
audio system