disc
a phonograph record.
Informal. to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc.
Origin of disc
1- Also disk (for defs. 1, 3) .
Words that may be confused with disc
- disc , disk
Words Nearby disc
Other definitions for disc- (2 of 3)
variant of disco- before a vowel.
Other definitions for disc. (3 of 3)
discount.
discovered.
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How to use disc in a sentence
Now a small band of Dylan sleuths led by an Albuquerque disc jockey may finally have found the key…but, to what?
Even the DVD was a hit, moving 525,000 copies in its first week to become the fastest-selling disc of the last half-decade.
The content that is on that disc should be made available to them and not locked under some arbitrary key.
An Obituary For the Online Pass: Why You Can’t Charge Us Extra For Used Video Games | Alec Kubas-Meyer | November 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis called the "disc abnormalities cause back pain thesis into question".
The Most Dangerous Substance in America May Be Fertilizer | Megan McArdle | April 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the fact is, people are reporting receiving the disc in the mail.
With ‘Dreams From My Real Father,’ Have Obama Haters Hit Rock Bottom? | Michelle Goldberg | September 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
A very slight movement of the armature disc J, therefore, suffices to open to the full extent two long exhaust passages.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe movement of this disc is reduced to something less than the 1/100 part of an inch.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe moon had risen over the lake and the water now only showed broken reflections of its disc.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceIf by chance the sun's disc becomes visible during the day, it appears devoid of rays, as if seen through colored glasses.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardThe rim of the dawn behind them cut, with its flat, gold disc, straight down to the heart of the world.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for disc
now esp US disk
/ (dɪsk) /
a flat circular plate
something resembling or appearing to resemble this: the sun's disc
another word for (gramophone) record
anatomy any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc
the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy
(as modifier): a disc floret
the middle part of the lip of an orchid
Also called: parking disc a marker or device for display in a parked vehicle showing the time of arrival or the latest permitted time of departure or both
(as modifier): a disc zone; disc parking
computing a variant spelling of disk (def. 2)
to work (land) with a disc harrow
Origin of disc
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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