CD player
- noun
- /siː diː ˈpleɪər/
- I enjoy listening to my favorite albums on my CD player at home.
- use a CD player
- a portable CD player
- CD player and tape
Just because you don't have a DVD player or CD player, OK, Does it mean people don't want to see this ticket?
- Just because you don't have a DVD player or CD player, OK, Does it mean people don't want to see this ticket?
Examples
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The music was playing on a small CD player, but Aunt Glenda was nowhere in sight.
Fiction book (2001) -
After eating, he turned on the CD player and put on some Handel.
Fiction book (1991) -
Do you have a CD player?
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I need a CD player.
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I like dancing to my CD player in my room.
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Should we go down to the mall and look at that CD player you want?
Fiction book (1996) -
They make cars with CD players now?
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You've got a TV and a CD player.
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Old Nick'll probably need help setting up the CD player in his apartment anyway.
Fiction book (1993) -
I've got a CD player, I've got a beer, I've got everything I need.
Synonyms
A device or program that lets you watch video and hear audio files
How Capable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device that plays compact discs' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'CD' (compact disc) with 'player' (a device/software that plays media). This noun–noun compounding pattern is common across languages and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
CD player gets its name from CD, short for compact disc, a small shiny 'disc' that stores music, and from player, a machine that plays it. When CDs became common in the 1980s, the machines that read those spinning discs were called CD players, so the name simply means a device that plays CDs.