| 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 | |
