Meaning of disk in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

  Example: A coin is a disk of metal.

• Something resembling a disk.

  Example: Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

• An intervertebral disc

• A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

  Example: Turn the disk over, after it has finished.

• A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

  Example: She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer.

• 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

noun

• A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.