disc
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
disc /dɪsk/ (US also disk)
▶noun
- 1 a flat, thin circular object.
■ dated a gramophone record.
■ (discs) one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to coins in others.
- 2 (disk) an information storage device for a computer comprising a rotatable disc on which data is stored either magnetically or optically (as on a CD-ROM).
- 3 (also intervertebral disc) a layer of cartilage separating adjacent vertebrae in the spine.
- 4 Botany the central part of the flower of a daisy or other composite plant, consisting of a close-packed cluster of tubular florets.
– derivatives
discless adjective.
discless adjective.
'disc' also found in these Oxford entries:
acetate
- angle grinder
- astrolabe
- audiobook
- blank
- blastoderm
- brake disc
- brake lining
- brake pad
- brittlestar
- bullseye
- button
- by-the-wind sailor
- CD
- CD-R
- CD-ROM
- CD-RW
- CDV
- circular saw
- coin
- compact disc
- counter
- dais
- daisy
- daisy wheel
- deejay
- dial
- disc brake
- disc camera
- discectomy
- disc harrow
- disc jockey
- discoid
- discus
- dish
- disk
- DJ
- draughts
- DVD
- EP
- erythrocyte
- feather star
- flan
- flying saucer
- frisbee
- full moon
- gold disc
- gong
- grindstone
