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disk

Entries 1 to 10 of 16.

Main Entry:
1disk 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1disk
Variant(s):
or disc 
          Listen to the pronunciation of disc \ˈdisk\
Function:
noun
Usage:
often attributive
Etymology:
Latin discus — more at dish
Date:
1664
1 a: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body <the solar disk> barchaic : discus2: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures ; especially : intervertebral disk — compare slipped disk3: the central part of the flower head of a typical composite made up of closely packed tubular flowers4: a thin circular object: as ausually disc : a phonograph record b: a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored cusually disc : optical disk : as (1): videodisc (2): cd 5usually 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
disk·like 
          Listen to the pronunciation of disklike \-ˌlīk\ adjective
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