Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compact disc

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: com-pact disc
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

Inflected Forms

compact discs (plural) compact disk (alternative)

Derived Forms

VCD

Phrases

CD-R CD-ROM CD-RW

Frequently Paired Words

DVD

Synonyms

CD compact disk

Questions

What does compact disc mean?: A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

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