Illustration of disk
- disk 3 D
variants
or disc
plural disks or discs
1
a
: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body
the solar disk
b
archaic
: discus
2
usually disc
: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures
especially
: intervertebral disc see also slipped disc
3
: the central part of the flower head of a typical composite made up of closely packed tubular flowers
4
: a thin circular object: such as
a
usually disc
: a phonograph record
b
: a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored
5
usually disc
: one of the concave circular steel tools with sharpened edge making up the working part of a disc harrow or plow
also
: an implement employing such tools
variants
or disc
disked or disced; disking or discing; disks or discs
: to cultivate with an implement (such as a harrow or plow) that turns and loosens the soil with a series of discs
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 May 2025
To free up disk space from the Recycle Bin:
Search for Recycle Bin on your desktop and right-click it.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
In the same vein as a Play-Doh hair salon toy, an extruder works by using an auger tool to push the dough through one of the interchangeable shaping disks.
—Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2025
The structure of the disk is dominated by four major spiral arms and several smaller ones.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Noun
Large solar telescopes provide high-resolution images but cover limited areas, while smaller instruments can monitor the entire solar disk but lack fine detail.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 May 2025
To free up disk space from the Recycle Bin:
Search for Recycle Bin on your desktop and right-click it.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
In the same vein as a Play-Doh hair salon toy, an extruder works by using an auger tool to push the dough through one of the interchangeable shaping disks.
—Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2025
The structure of the disk is dominated by four major spiral arms and several smaller ones.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disk. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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disk
1 of 2 noun
variants
or disc
1
a
: the central part of the flower head of a typical plant (as a daisy or aster) of the composite family made up of closely packed tube-shaped flowers
b
: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures
especially
: intervertebral disk
2
: a thin circular object: as
a
usually disc
: a phonograph record
b
: a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored
c
: CD
d
3
usually disc
: a tilling implement (as a plow) with sharp-edged circular cutting blades
also
: one of these blades
disk
2 of 2 verb
variants
or disc
: to cultivate (land) with a disc
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