disc
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar objectA thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
» I know Tom isn't a disc jockey.
Я знаю, що Том не ді-джей.
Meaning
5 sensesA thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
A coin is a disc of metal.
a flat circular plate
An intervertebral disc.
Something resembling a disc.
Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
Examples
60 sentencesI know Tom isn't a disc jockey.
Я знаю, що Том не ді-джей.
I know that Tom isn't a disc jockey.
Я знаю, що Том не ді-джей.
I'm a disc jockey.
Я ді-джей.
deIch bin DJ.
She gave me this compact disc.
ruОна дала мне этот компакт-диск.
deSie gab mir diese CD.
I know Tom used to be a disc jockey.
Origin
From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, plFrom French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
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Forms
plural: discsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a flat circular plate:disk
- something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate:disksaucer
- (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored:magnetic diskmagnetic discdisk
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove:phonograph recordphonograph recordingrecorddiskplatter
Collocations
3 patterns- a disc jockey
- disc jockey
- isn't a disc