| Caddy | n.; pl. Caddies [ Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay katī a weight of 11/3 pounds. Cf. Catty. ] 1. A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called tea caddy. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. a container to hold objects when not in use. [ PJC ] 3. (Computers) a container to hold a compact disk, used in some types of compact disk devices, which is inserted into the CD player during playing, or in the case of recordable CD-ROMS, during recording. It is approximately square and thin, slightly larger than the compact disk. However, many CD players have a drawer for the compact disk, requiring no caddy. [ PJC ] |
