disc

1 of 3

noun

variant spelling of disk

1

a

: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body

the solar disk

b

archaic : discus

2

usually disc : any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures

especially : intervertebral disc see also slipped disc

3

: the central part of the flower head of a typical composite made up of closely packed tubular flowers

4

: a thin circular object: such as

a

usually disc : a phonograph record

b

: a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored

c

usually disc : optical disc: such as

(1)

: videodisc

(2)

: cd

d

usually disc : a rotor in a disc brake

5

usually disc : one of the concave circular steel tools with sharpened edge making up the working part of a disc harrow or plow

also : an implement employing such tools

disc

2 of 3

abbreviation

discount

disc-

3 of 3

combining form

variants or disci- or disco-

1

: disk

discoid

2

: phonograph record

discophile

Examples of disc in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The four-disc set collects previously unheard material from the 1968 sessions for Drake’s début, which was produced by the visionary Joe Boyd. —Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025

Martin also oversaw a new double-disc soundtrack of rarities, Anthology 4, designed as a companion to the original three volumes released in 1995 and 1996. —Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025

Use your palm to gently press each dough ball into a ½-inch-thick disc before placing the cookie sheets in the oven. —Laura McLively, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025

The Louvre director also shared that the robbers used disc cutters to get into the display cases to take the loot. —Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Combining form

Latin, from Greek disk-, disko-, from diskos

Rhymes for disc

• bisque
• brisk
• disk
• fisc
• fisk
• frisk
• risk
• whisk
• basilisk
• videodisc

Kids Definition

disc

variant of disk

Medical Definition

disc

noun

variants or disk

ˈdisk 

: any of various rounded or flattened anatomical structures: as

a

: a mammalian blood cell

b

: blind spot

c

: intervertebral disc see also slipped disc