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Disc Dɪsk Slipped I Noun Bre Wears Identity

Word disc
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / dɪsk / NAmE / dɪsk /
Example
  • he wears an identity disc around his neck.
  • this recording is available online or on disc.
  • he's been off work with a slipped disc (= one that has moved from its correct position, causing pain).
  • he inserted the disc into the machine.
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disc

(noun)BrE / dɪsk / NAmE / dɪsk /
  1. a thin flat round object
    • He wears an identity disc around his neck.
    • = CD
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cd
    • This recording is available online or on disc.
  2. a disk for a computer
    • = record
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/record_1
  3. a structure made of cartilage between the bones of the back
    • He's been off work with a slipped disc (= one that has moved from its correct position, causing pain).

    Extra Examples

    • He inserted the disc into the machine.
    • He is one of the greatest opera singers on disc.
    • He’s in bed with a slipped disc.
    • I ejected the disc before the end.
    • I have an old vinyl disc of her singing.
    • I highly recommend this disc.
    • She’s slipped a disc.
    • The Prokofiev sonata comes first on the disc.
    • The disc was released in 1998.
    • a disc of Mozart quartets
    • a disc of the two Mozart piano quartets
    • In a total eclipse, the moon completely covers the disc of the sun.

    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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