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Disc Dɪsk Extra Lots Online I Noun Wears

Word3 disc
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /dɪsk/ /dɪsk/
Example
  • he wears an identity disc around his neck.
  • in a total eclipse, the moon completely covers the disc of the sun.
  • this disc contains lots of extra features, including an interview with the director.
  • this recording is available online or on disc.
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disc

(noun)/dɪsk/ /dɪsk/
  1. a thin flat round object
    • SEE ALSO tax disc
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tax-disc
    • He wears an identity disc around his neck.
    • In a total eclipse, the moon completely covers the disc of the sun.
  2. a CD or DVD
    • SEE ALSO Blu-ray Disc™
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blu-ray-disctm
    • This disc contains lots of extra features, including an interview with the director.
    • This recording is available online or on disc.
    • The series comes as a two-disc box set with three episodes on each disc.
    • There are lots of extras on this disc.

    Extra Examples

    • He is one of the greatest opera singers on disc.
    • I ejected the disc before the end.
    • The Prokofiev sonata comes first on the disc.
    • The disc was released in 1998.
    • a disc of Mozart quartets
    • I highly recommend this disc.
  3. a disk for a computer
    • He inserted the disc into the machine.
  4. a record (= a thin round piece of plastic on which music, etc. is recorded)
    • SEE ALSO gold disc
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gold-disc
    • I have an old vinyl disc of her singing.
  5. a structure made of cartilage between the bones of the back
    • SEE ALSO herniated disc
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/herniated-disc

    Extra Examples

    • He's in bed with a slipped disc.
    • She's slipped a disc.

    Word Origin

    • mid 17th cent. (originally referring to the seemingly flat circular form of the sun or moon): from French disque or Latin discus from Greek diskos.
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