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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Compact disc - recordable; a form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from and write to a plastic disc. It can only be written to once, although the entire disc does not necessarily have to be written in one session.
2. 2
   a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory wordnet

Synonyms

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cd-wocompact disc recordablecompact disc write-once

Example

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"Remember, you can only write on a CD-R once."

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