Disc Dɪsk Extra Lots Online I Noun Wears

• 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.

disc

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.