variants:
or disc
Definition of disk
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body
the solar disk
2
: any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures
especially
: intervertebral disk — compare slipped disk
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
disk
verb
variants:
or disc
disked or disced; disking or discing; disks or discs
Definition of disk (Entry 2 of 2)
: 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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The first known use of disk was in 1664
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