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Noun: disc  disk
  1. 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 record, phonograph recording, record, disk [N. Amer], platter, gramophone record
     
  2. Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
    "the moon's disc hung in a cloudless sky";
    - disk [N. Amer], saucer
     
  3. (computing) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
    - magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk
     
  4. A flat circular plate
    - disk [N. Amer]
Verb: disc  disk
  1. (farming) draw a harrow over (land)
    - harrow, disk [US]

Derived forms: discs, discing, disced

Type of: audio, audio recording, circle, memory device, plate, plough [Brit, Cdn], plow [N. Amer], round, round shape, sound recording, storage device, turn

Encyclopedia: Disc