disk

Meanings

Noun

• A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
• Something resembling a disk.
• An intervertebral disc
• A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
• - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
• A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
• A type of harrow.
• A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

Verb

• To harrow.
• To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• fixed disk
• floppy disk
• hard disk

Origin

• From Ancient Greek δίσκος ("a circular plate suited for hurling"), from δικέω. dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.