disc

Pluraldiscs

Formsdiscs, discing, disced

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A thin, flat, round object, like a coin.

   The medal was a gold disc on a red ribbon.

   She cut paper discs to make the flowers for the party.

   Similarcircle, plate

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   One of the small cushions between the bones of your back.

   He hurt a disc in his lower back lifting a heavy box.

   The doctor said the discs in her neck were worn.

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3. 3
   noun

   Alternative form of disk. This spelling means the same as disk.

   Draw a circle and shade in the disc inside it.

   The moon looked like a pale silver disc in the evening sky.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A vinyl record that you play on a record player.

   She flipped the disc over to hear the other side.

   He keeps his old vinyl discs in boxes in the attic.

   Similarrecord

5. 5
   nouncountable

   Something that looks round and flat, like the sun or a planet seen in the sky.

   At sunset, the red disc of the sun sank behind the hills.

   Through the telescope, Jupiter looked like a tiny disc.

   Similarface, circle

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6. 6
   nounabbreviationellipsis

   Short for flying disc. Players use it to mean a frisbee.

   Throw me the disc!

   The dog jumped and caught the disc in its mouth.

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   The flat part of a leaf or other plant part, or any flat, round growth on a plant.

   The water lily's round green disc floated on the pond.

   Tiny brown discs had formed under the oak leaves.

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8. 8
   verbtransitive

   To break up and smooth the soil of a field with a farm tool called a disc harrow.

   Dad disced the field before planting the corn.

   We need to disc the garden plot again this spring.

   Similarharrow

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9. 9
   verbintransitive

   Of a plane's propeller, to turn its blades flat to the air so they slow the plane as much as possible.

   After the engine failed, the propeller began to disc and the plane slowed sharply.

   On the runway, the pilot lets the propellers disc to help slow the plane.

   Oppositefeather

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