Disc Meaning
/dɪsk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
nounAn intervertebral disc.
Sentence Examples
The watch on the compact disc is mine.
I have a slipped disc.
He wears an identity disc around his neck.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The DJ spun an old vinyl ____ on the turntable last night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The watch on the compact ____ is mine.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc."
— 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 300:
"It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn."
— 1901 October 11, “Discing Lucerne”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 488:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The DJ spun an old vinyl ____ on the turntable last night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The watch on the compact ____ is mine.