disc

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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-

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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

Shape the dough into a disc, cover it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. —Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025

CFMoto will also offer a full titanium twin-exit Akrapovič exhaust that supposedly meets Euro5+ homologation, along with clip-on bars, twin LED lights flanking a central air intake, and MotoGP-style cooling ducts surrounding the front Brembo calipers and discs. —New Atlas, 15 Nov. 2025

This week, the retro-minded 15-track set gets an eight-track bonus disc on the set’s official deluxe edition. —Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2025

Its first two LPs charted in the Top 50 in his native UK, but the band would break out with its third disc, Ready an’ Willing. —Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 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