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  disc

  noun

  a phonograph record.
• disc-
  disc-

  variant of disco- before a vowel.
• disc.
  disc.

  abbreviation

  discount.

disc

¹ American  

[disk] / dɪsk /

Also disk

noun

discs plural

1. a phonograph record.

2. disk.

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verb (used with object)

1. Informal. to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc.

2. disk.

disc- ² American  

1. variant of disco- before a vowel.

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disc. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. discount.

2. discovered.

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disc British  

/ dɪsk /

noun

1. a flat circular plate

2. something resembling or appearing to resemble this

   the sun's disc

3. another word for (gramophone) record

4. anatomy any approximately circular flat structure in the body, esp an intervertebral disc

5. 1. the flat receptacle of composite flowers, such as the daisy

   2. ( as modifier )

      a disc floret

6. the middle part of the lip of an orchid

7. 1. 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

   2. ( as modifier )

      a disc zone

      disc parking

8. computing a variant spelling of disk

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verb

1. to work (land) with a disc harrow

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• discs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of disc

see origin at disk

Explanation

A disc is an object that's round and flat. It might be a toy that you throw, like a Frisbee, or it might be a compact disc with digitally encoded music. Disc is often used interchangeably with disk. A disc galaxy, or disk galaxy, is a vast collection of stars that appears flat and circular through a telescope. The discs, or disks, in your spine are circular pads of cartilage that cushion the vertebrae. But the disc spelling is more commonly used for a phonograph record on which music is inscribed and played back on a record player. And a disc jockey entertains people by playing recorded music, originally that which was recorded on discs.

Example Sentences

The Disc rejection came on the heels of the FDA’s rejection of Regenxbio’s gene therapy for Hunter Syndrome based on similar Prasad reasoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Disc Interiors took the opposite approach in a 1930s house in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

The Chinese Flying Disc Administrative Committee reported a TV audience of 1.6 billion for the new Chinese Ultimate League in 2023.

From BBC • May 6, 2024

Disc jockey is one of many roles Nixon played during his life; he also was an actor, an activist and a comic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024

I remember it from yesterday on Disc Eighteen.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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