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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Scientists had previously seen hints that planets could exist in polar orbits around binary stars, for instance finding planet-forming protoplanetary disks around twin stars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Using a sharp knife or a bench scraper, cut the disk into 8 equal wedges.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
The team placed Kris Bryant on the injured list with lumbar degenerative disk disease before yesterday’s 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Recall does require your local disk to be encrypted with Device Encryption/BitLocker.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
Scientists had previously seen hints that planets could exist in polar orbits around binary stars, for instance finding planet-forming protoplanetary disks around twin stars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Using a sharp knife or a bench scraper, cut the disk into 8 equal wedges.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
The team placed Kris Bryant on the injured list with lumbar degenerative disk disease before yesterday’s 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disk. Accessed 26 Apr. 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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