CD — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Initialism of compact disc. An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Dated
   • metonymically
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Mariah Carey's new CD has some R'n'B influences.

Noun

1. a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest

   Synonyms

   certificate of deposit

   Broader terms

   debt instrumentobligationcertificate of indebtedness

2. a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

   Synonyms

   compact diskcompact disc

   Broader terms

   optical diskoptical discrecording