Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun compact_disc

1 sense of compact disc

Sense 1
compact disk, compact disc, CD -- (a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser)
       => optical disk, optical disc -- (a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface)
       => recording -- (a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded)