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betamax

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Noun

  1. a Betamax (videocassette tape)
  2. coagulated chicken blood that is boiled, cut in to cubes, skewered and grilled to be sold as a street food

Proper noun

  1. A home videocassette recording format developed by Sony in 1975, now known for having lost the format war to VHS.

Verb

  1. To make (something) obsolete.

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