The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tape recorder \Tape recorder\, n.
   an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds
   on magnetic tape; it often has an integrated microphone,
   amplifier, and speaker, and in such cases requires no
   additional equipment other than the magnetic tape for
   recording or playback.
   [PJC]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tape recorder
    n 1: a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape [syn: tape
         recorder, tape machine]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "tape recorder":
   Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system,
   audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge,
   ceramic pickup, changer, crystal pickup,
   derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system,
   four-channel stereo system, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity,
   intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, magnetic pickup,
   monaural system, mono, needle, nickelodeon, phonograph,
   photoelectric pickup, pickup, public-address system,
   quadraphonic sound system, radio-phonograph combination,
   record changer, record player, sound reproduction system,
   sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus, system, tape deck,
   tone arm, transcription turntable, turntable