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disk.

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪsk/
  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

    A coin is a disk of metal.
  2. A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.

  3. Something resembling a disk.

    figuratively
    Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.
  4. An intervertebral disc

  5. A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

    dated
    Turn the disk over, after it has finished.
  6. Ellipsis of floppy disk.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
    He still uses disks from 1979.
  7. Ellipsis of hard disk.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  8. Ellipsis of optical disk.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · nonstandard
    She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.
  9. A type of harrow.

  10. A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

verb/dɪsk/
  1. To harrow.

  2. To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.

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