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disc

/dɪsk/ noun B1
  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. · A coin is a disc of metal.
  2. An intervertebral disc.
  3. Something resembling a disc. · Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
  4. A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record. · Turn the disc over, after it has finished.
  5. The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.

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Several discs of metal, old coins apparently, such as I hold here, were scattered over the bottom of the box, but it contained nothing else.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · B2
They had spent the morning raking among the ashes of the burned wood-pile, and besides the charred organic remains they had secured several discoloured metal discs.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 51 · C1
The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 125 · C1

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