English

Noun

optical drive ‎(plural optical drives)

1. A drive that reads optical media.

Synonyms

• optical disc drive
• optical disk drive

Hyponyms

• WORM drive
• MO drive
• MD drive
• CD drive
• DVD drive
• HD-DVD drive
• BD drive

Related terms

• floppy drive / floppy disk drive / floppy disc drive
• hard drive / hard disc drive / hard disk drive
• fixed drive / fixed disc drive / fixed disk drive

Coordinate terms

• hard disc / hard disk
• fixed disc / fixed disk
• floppy disc / floppy disk / diskette / minifloppy / microfloppy / minidiskette / microdiskette
• optical disc / optical disk