optical disc

noun

variants or optical disk

plural optical discs or optical disks

: a disk with a plastic coating on which information (such as music, visual images, or computer data) is recorded digitally (as in the form of tiny pits) and which is read by using a laser

The PS5 is available in two versions. … At this point, people are happy to get their hands on either one, but if you don't have a library of optical discs—for Blu-ray movies, used games or old PS4 games—CNET recommends that you go with the $400 version.

—Dave Johnson

Examples of optical disc in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since the introduction of Blu-ray technology more than a decade ago, the format has represented the pinnacle of video quality on optical discs. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for optical disc

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