Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a compact disc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: drive
History
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Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
