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# disc

noun (a disc, discs; American spelling disk)

«disc» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A disc is a flat, thin, round object. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#m1)
2. A disc is a round flat object used to store music, films or computer data, such as a CD or DVD. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#m2)
3. A disc is one of the small pads of tough material between the bones of your spine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#m3)
4. The disc of the sun or moon is its round, bright face as seen in the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths, a disc is the flat round area inside a circle. In science, the Sun and Moon look like discs in the sky; there are discs in the backbone. In everyday life and PE, children throw a flying disc (frisbee). Phrases: a flying disc, a compact disc, a slipped disc, a disc of light.

### Examples

- The full Moon looked like a silver disc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#x1)
- Put the disc into the DVD player. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#x2)
- We threw a plastic disc across the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#x3)
- Cut a disc of paper for the lid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#x4)
- Grandad has a slipped disc in his back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#x5)
- The medal was a gold disc on a ribbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a disc, discs. Spelling: British «disc», American «disk»; in computing «disk» is used everywhere for hard disks, but «disc» for CDs and DVDs. In maths, a circle is the round line; a disc is the whole flat shape inside it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disc» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disc/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disc» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disc.html) on Mova free.