disk | |
1. n. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. | |
A coin is a disk of metal. | |
2. n. (figuratively) Something resembling a disk. | |
Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun. | |
3. n. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc | |
4. n. (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record. | |
Turn the disk over, after it has finished. | |
5. n. (computing) (ellipsis of floppy disk) - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage. | |
He still uses floppy disks from 1979. | |
6. n. (computing, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium. | |
She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer. | |
7. n. (agriculture) A harrow. | |
8. n. (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens. | |
9. v. (agriculture) to harrow | |