disc
noun/dɪsk/
/dɪsk/
(also disk especially in North American English)
The usual spelling is disc in British English and disk in North American English but for senses connected with computers, the spelling is usually disk, even in British English.- a thin flat round object
- He wears an identity disc around his neck.
- In a total eclipse, the moon completely covers the disc of the sun.
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- a CD or DVD
- This disc contains lots of extra features, including an interview with the director.
- on disc 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compact
- DVD
- vinyl
- …
- play
- insert
- hear
- …
- on (a/the) disc
- disc of
- (British English) a disk for a computer
- He inserted the disc into the machine.
- (old-fashioned) a record (= a thin round piece of plastic on which music, etc. is recorded)
- I have an old vinyl disc of her singing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compact
- DVD
- vinyl
- …
- play
- insert
- hear
- …
- on (a/the) disc
- disc of
- a structure made of cartilage between the bones of the back see also herniated disc, slipped discExtra ExamplesTopics Bodyc2
- He's in bed with a slipped disc.
- She's slipped a disc.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- herniated
- prolapsed
- slipped
- …
- slip
Word Originmid 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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