DISK

Pronunciation (US):

• DISK (noun)
  The noun DISK has 4 senses:

1. something with a round shape like a flat circular plate
2. a flat circular plate
3. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
4. (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

  Familiarity information: DISK used as a noun is uncommon.

• DISK (verb)
  The verb DISK has 1 sense:

1. draw a harrow over (land)

  Familiarity information: DISK used as a verb is very rare.

• DISK (noun)

Meaning:

Something with a round shape like a flat circular plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

disk; saucer; disc

Hypernyms ("disk" is a kind of...):

round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disk"):

intervertebral disc; intervertebral disk (a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two))

dot; point (a very small circular shape)

Meaning:

A flat circular plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

disk; disc

Hypernyms ("disk" is a kind of...):

circle; round (any circular or rotating mechanism)

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disk"):

acetate disk; phonograph recording disk (a disk coated with cellulose acetate)

token (a metal or plastic disk that can be used (as a substitute for coins) in slot machines)

hockey puck; puck (a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey)

coin blank; planchet (a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin)

Frisbee (a light plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; sailed with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition)

discus; saucer (a disk used in throwing competitions)

diaphragm (electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves)

deadeye ((nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud)

brake disk (a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads)

Meaning:

Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

phonograph recording; phonograph record; disc; platter; disk; record

Hypernyms ("disk" is a kind of...):

audio recording; sound recording (a recording of just the sound)

Meronyms (parts of "disk"):

acetate disk; phonograph recording disk (a disk coated with cellulose acetate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disk"):

L-P; LP (a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm)

78; seventy-eight (a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute)

Meaning:

(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

magnetic disc; magnetic disk; disc; disk

Hypernyms ("disk" is a kind of...):

memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disk"):

fixed disk; hard disc; hard disk (a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit)

diskette; floppy; floppy disk (a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer)

• DISK (verb)

Meaning:

Draw a harrow over (land)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

disk; harrow

Hypernyms (to "disk" is one way to...):

plough; plow; turn (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something