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disk

/dɪsk/noun, verb1 syllable

Disk means: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove.

Synonyms for disk9

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

phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disc, platter

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

magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc

noun, as in something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

disc, saucer

noun, as in a flat circular plate

verb, as in draw a harrow over (land)

harrow

What does disk mean?5

noun

1

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

2

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

3

something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate“the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky”

4

a flat circular plate

verb

1

draw a harrow over (land)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with disk?3

one syllable

riskbriskwhisk
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Disk in a sentence

  • One image comes to mind: an eerie, pitch-black disk.pip
  • It was a black disk, with a row of yellow window panes.pip
  • It looks like your hard disk is fragmented.spockofvulcan
  • An accretion disk has formed around the star.hecko
  • There is always the risk of losing all the data on your hard disk.CK
  • Did you give a copy of the disk to anyone?CK
  • The accident caused a herniated disk in their back.letsgolanguages
  • The file was overwritten with garbage data when the disk was erased.radiochu

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of disk

as a noun

plural
disks

as a verb

past tense
disked
present participle
disking
third-person singular
disks
past participle
disked