compact disc in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "compact disc",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compact discs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The entire music album is on that compact disc."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A compact disc is a plastic disc that is used to store computer files."
      ],
      "id": "simple-compact_disc-en-noun-5UiT9uZ3",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "CD"
        },
        {
          "word": "compact disk"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compact disc"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "compact disc",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compact discs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The entire music album is on that compact disc."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A compact disc is a plastic disc that is used to store computer files."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "CD"
        },
        {
          "word": "compact disk"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compact disc"
}

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"compact disc" meaning in English

Noun