From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
compact disk player \com"pact disk` play"er\(k[o^]m"p[a^]kt
d[i^]sk` pl[=a]"[~e]r), n.
an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play
back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for
the type of device used to play music recordings. That used
for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a
CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD.
Syn: CD player.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cd \Cd\ n.
1. the chemical suymbol for cadmium, a metallic element of
atomic number 48.
Syn: cadmium.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. the abbreviation for the candela, the basic unit of
luminous intensity adopted under the System International
d'Unites. [abbr.]
Syn: candle, candela, standard candle.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
CD \CD\ n.
1. an acronym for compact disk, a disk-shaped recording of
binary data that is smaller than a phonograph record, and
is recorded and played back by a compact disk player, an
electronic device containing a laser. The term is also
used generically to refer to the medium as a data storage
medium.
Syn: compact disc, compact disk.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. a compact disk player. [informal]
[PJC]
3. an acronym for certificate of deposit, a debt instrument
issued by a bank for a fixed time period, usually paying
interest.
Syn: certificate of deposit.
[WordNet 1.5]