compact-disk burner

4.0

A machine that writes music or data onto CDs

noun
/ˈkɒmpækt dɪsk ˈbɜrnər/

: grabadora de CD

This computer comes with a built-in compact-disk burner for creating your own audio CDs.

Examples

He bought a new compact-disk burner to make backup copies of his music collection.
Many offices no longer use a compact-disk burner since most data is transferred digitally now.
I bought a new compact-disk burner yesterday.
The compact-disc burner is essential for my music projects.
He bought a new compact-disk burner to make backup copies of his music collection.
This computer comes with a built-in compact-disk burner for creating your own audio CDs.
Many offices no longer use a compact-disk burner since most data is transferred digitally now.

Synonyms

CD burner

vscompact-disk burner

1 3.2

A machine that writes music or files onto CDs

includes recording music as well as data on compact discs

How Writable

compact-disk burner

4.0

CD-ROM drive

Archaic

2 3.7

Surface Forms

compact-disk burner singular

compact-disk burners plural

compact disc burners plural

compact disc burner singular

Morphology

compact-disk + burner

The noun is compositionally a 'burner' for 'compact disks' (i.e., a device that performs the verb action on CDs), so the structure signals a device related to compact disks. However, the use of 'burn' to mean 'write/record data onto a CD' is a technology-specific metaphor that B1 learners who only know the literal sense of 'burn' may not predict, making the expression only partially transparent.

Etymology

Compact-disk burner comes from the simple image of a machine that 'burns' information onto a compact-disk, where a strong light makes tiny marks on the disk like a burn. That's why the name means 'a device for recording data or music'.