DISK
Dictionary entry overview: What does disk mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
• 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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