Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

compact disk player

compact disk player (kom"pakt disk` plā"ẽr) , noun

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 storage in computer applications is usually called a CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD.