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NOUN (4)

1. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate;
- Example: "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"
[syn: disk, disc, saucer]

2. a flat circular plate;
[syn: disk, disc]

3. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove;
[syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter]

4. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored;
[syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc]


VERB (1)

1. draw a harrow over (land);
[syn: harrow, disk]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disk \Disk\ (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di`skos. See Dish.] [Written also disc.] 1. A discus; a quoit. [1913 Webster] Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens. [1913 Webster] 4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc. [1913 Webster] 5. (Bot.) (a) The whole surface of a leaf. (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil. [1913 Webster] 6. (Zool.) (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[oe]lenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) In owls, the space around the eyes. [1913 Webster] Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine. Disk shell (Zool.), any species of Discina. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disk n 1: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" [syn: disk, disc, saucer] 2: a flat circular plate [syn: disk, disc] 3: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter] 4: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored [syn: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk, disc] v 1: draw a harrow over (land) [syn: harrow, disk]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

disk disks 1. magnetic disk. 2. compact disc. 3. optical disk. Note: the american spelling, "disk", is normal for most computer disks whereas "compact disc", having come to computers via the audio world, is correctly spelled with a "c", indeed, this spelling is part of the CD standard. (1995-07-30)