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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

compact disk player

/(kŏm"păkt dĭsk` plā"ẽr)/ · com·pact disk· play·er · IPA
01 n. an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for the type of de…
  1. 1.
    an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for the type of device used to play music recordings. That used for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD. Also: CD player
Syn. CD player.