word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/disc.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "disc",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thin flat round object",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He wears an identity disc around his neck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a total eclipse, the moon completely covers the disc of the sun."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a CD or DVD",
            "sensetop": "on disc",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This disc contains lots of extra features, including an interview with the director."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This recording is available online or on disc.",
                    "contextForm": "on disc"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The series comes as a two-disc box set with three episodes on each disc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are lots of extras on this disc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is one of the greatest opera singers on disc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I ejected the disc before the end."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Prokofiev sonata comes first on the disc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disc was released in 1998."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a disc of Mozart quartets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I highly recommend this disc."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["compact", "DVD", "vinyl"],
                "verb + disc": ["play", "insert", "hear"],
                "preposition": ["on (a/​the) disc", "disc of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a disk for a computer",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He inserted the disc into the machine."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a record (= a thin round piece of plastic on which music, etc. is recorded)",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have an old vinyl disc of her singing."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["compact", "DVD", "vinyl"],
                "verb + disc": ["play", "insert", "hear"],
                "preposition": ["on (a/​the) disc", "disc of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a structure made of cartilage between the bones of the back",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's in bed with a slipped disc."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's slipped a disc."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["herniated", "prolapsed", "slipped"],
                "verb + disc": ["slip"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsk/",
                "audio": "di/disc/disc__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsk/",
                "audio": "di/disc/disc__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (originally referring to the seemingly flat circular form of the sun or moon): from French disque or Latin discus from Greek diskos."
}