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VHS

n. C / U
B2 Upper Intermediate vhs

n. Stands for Video Home System. A type of plastic tape used to record and play movies on a television. People used these before DVDs and streaming became popular.

n. Abbreviation for Video Home System. A consumer-level analog recording standard for video cassettes. Refers to the physical tape format used in home video systems from the late 1970s until the early 2000s.


SIMPLE

I found an old VHS tape of my third birthday party.

CONTEXTUAL

Before the digital revolution, families would go to the local store to rent a VHS for the weekend.

COMPLEX

The archival project aims to digitize thousands of hours of footage currently stored on degrading VHS tapes to preserve the historical record.

Origin

Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System.

Usage

Often used as a modifier before another noun, such as 'VHS player' or 'VHS tape'.

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