disc or (now) especially US disk(dɪsk
)
Definitions
noun
- 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
- Also called
- computing a variant spelling of disk (sense 2)
verb
- to work (land) with a disc harrow
Word Origin
C18: from Latin discus, from Greek diskos quoitTranslations
- British English:
disc
A disc is a flat, circular shape or object.The food processor has thin, medium, and thick slicing discs.dɪsk NOUN The food processor has thin, medium, and thick slicing discs.
- Spanish:
disco
nm
- French:
disque
nm
- German:
Scheibe
nf
- Chinese: 盘 n
- Arabic: قُرْص n
- Portuguese: disco nm
- Russian: диск nm
- Croatian: disk nnt
- Czech: kotouč nm
- Danish: skive nutr
- Dutch: schijf n
- Finnish: levy n
- Greek: δίσκος nm
- Italian: disco nm
- Japanese: ディスク n
- Korean: 디스크 n
- Norwegian: skive nm
- Polish: dysk nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: disco nm
- European Spanish:
disco
nm
- Swedish: skiva nutr
- Thai: แผ่นดิสค์ n
- Turkish: disk n
- Vietnamese: vật hình đĩa n
Usage examples
The burger was a blackened disc of what looked like overcooked grey oatmeal.
, A Conviction of Guilt (1993)Songs can then be copied to iPod players or burned onto compact disc.
New Scientist (2003)The pain persisted and Bombardir found he had a bulging disc.
Globe and Mail (2003)A small percentage of CD players were unable to play the Imbruglia disc , which spurred returns of the album at music retailers.
Glasgow Herald (2001)He was able to predict, for the first time in history, transits of Mercury and Venus across the Sun's disc.
, The Fontana history of Astronomy and Cosmology (1994)