noun
VHS
noun
1
A once-standard videotape format used for recording and playing back video on home cassette players.
"They found a box of old VHS tapes in the attic."
How to Use VHS
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe old home-video tape format that was standard before DVDs and streaming took over.
Common pairings
a VHS tape
VHS player
Word Forms
VHSes plural
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Etymology
An initialism originally standing for "Vertical Helical Scan", later popularly reinterpreted as "Video Home System".