Pronunciation Noun
disk (plural disks)
- A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
- A coin is a disk of metal.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
- Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.
- (anatomy) An intervertebral disc
- (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
- Turn the disk over, after it has finished.
- (computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk#English|floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
- He still uses floppy disks from 1979.
- (computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
- She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.
- (agriculture) A type of harrow.
- (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
- French: disque
- German: Scheibe, Kreisscheibe, Kreisfläche
- Italian: disco
- Portuguese: disco
- Russian: диск
- Spanish: disco
- French: disque
- German: Bandscheibe
- Russian: диск
- Spanish: disco intervertebral
- French: disque
- German: Schallplatte, Platte, Scheibe
- Portuguese: vinil
- Russian: пласти́нка
- Spanish: disco
- French: disque
- German: Festplatte
- Portuguese: disco
- Russian: диск
- Spanish: disco duro
disk (disks, present participle disking; past and past participle disked)
- (agriculture) to harrow
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