n.
Variant: or disc
Pronunciation: ' disk
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Latin discus ― more at DISH
Date: 1664
1 a : the seemingly flat figure of a celestial body <the solar disk > b archaic : DISCUS
2 : any of various rounded and flattened animal anatomical structures especially : INTERVERTEBRAL DISK ― compare SLIPPED DISK
3 : the central part of the flower head of a typical composite made up of closely packed tubular flowers
4 : a thin circular object: as a usually discovered : a phonograph record b : a round flat plate coated with a magnetic substance on which data for a computer is stored c usually discovered : OPTICAL DISK : as (1) : VIDEODISC (2) : CD
5 usually discovered : one of the concave circular steel tools with sharpened edge making up the working part of a disc harrow or plow also : an implement employing such tools
– disk · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective
disk 3 D