tape

Everyday

1. Tape is a thin sticky strip used to stick things together: sticky tape. tree →
2. A tape measure is a long strip with marks used to measure length. tree →
3. Tape is a thin strip of cloth or plastic: red tape, finishing tape. tree →
4. To tape is to stick with tape. tree →
5. In the past, a tape was a cassette for recording sound or video; to tape is to record. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a length of tape used or cut; a tape measure for lengths: length used per item is a rate (items × length); length per roll and pieces cut lead to dividing. Everyday: masking tape, duct tape, sticky tape, «red tape» (too many rules). Sport: the runner breaks the tape at the finish line.

Examples

• She used 30 cm of tape for each box. tree →
• A roll has 20 meters of tape. tree →
• He taped 4 posters to the wall. tree →
• Measure the table with a tape measure. tree →
• Wrap the present and close it with tape. tree →
• The winner ran through the tape at the finish line. tree →
• Police tape kept people away. tree →
• Dad taped the game to watch later. tree →
• Soon after this it chanced that the poor widow sent her children to the town to purchase cotton, needles, ribbon, and tape. tree →

Note

Uncountable for the sticky material (some tape, a roll of tape); countable for cassettes. Length used per item is a rate (items × length); length per roll and pieces cut lead to dividing. Trap: change meters to centimeters first (1 m = 100 cm).