'DISK' definitions:
Definition of 'disk'
From: WordNet
noun
Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" [syn: disk, disc, saucer]
noun
A flat circular plate [syn: disk, disc]
noun
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]
noun
(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
Draw a harrow over (land) [syn: harrow, disk]
Definition of 'Disk'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'disk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annular muscle,
- annulus,
- areola,
- aureole,
- carousel,
- chaplet,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circumference,
- circus,
- closed circle,
- coat,
- coating,
- collop,
- corona,
- coronet,
- covering,
- crown,
- cut,
- cycle,
- deal,
- diadem,
- discus,
- eternal return,
- fairy ring,
- feuille,
- film,
- flap,
- foil,
- fold,
- garland,
- glory,
- halo,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- laminated glass,
- laminated wood,
- lap,
- lasso,
- leaf,
- logical circle,
- loop,
- looplet,
- magic circle,
- membrane,
- merry-go-round,
- noose,
- O,
- orbit,
- pane,
- panel,
- patina,
- peel,
- pellicle,
- plait,
- plank,
- plate,
- plating,
- ply,
- plywood,
- radius,
- rasher,
- ring,
- roller,
- rolling stone,
- rondelle,
- rotator,
- rotor,
- round,
- roundabout,
- roundel,
- rundle,
- safety glass,
- saucer,
- scum,
- sheet,
- skin,
- slab,
- slat,
- slice,
- sphincter,
- table,
- tablet,
- top,
- veneer,
- vicious circle,
- wafer,
- wheel,
- whirlabout,
- whirler,
- whirligig,
- wreath
Acronyms for 'DISK'
From: V.E.R.A.
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Words containing 'DISK'
- Disk clutch,
- Disk engine,
- Disk shell,
- Imaginal disks,
- Trochal disk,
- acetate disk,
- brake disk,
- compact disk,
- disk access,
- disk brake,
- disk cache,
- disk controller,
- disk drive,
- disk error,
- disk file,
- disk harrow,
- disk jockey,
- disk overhead,
- disk pack,
- disk shape,
- disk space,
- fixed disk,
- floppy disk,
- hard disk,
- intervertebral disk,
- laser disk,
- magnetic disk,
- optic disk,
- optical disk,
- ram disk,
- rayleigh disk,
- removable disk,
- compact disk player,
- disk operating system,
- disk-jockey,
- disk-shaped,
- phonograph recording disk,
- compact-disk burner,
- microsoft disk operating system