DISCUS


Meaning of DISCUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdis-kəs ]

noun

( plural dis·cus·es )

Etymology: Latin — more at dish

Date: 1656

: a heavy disk (as of wood or plastic) that is thicker in the center than at the perimeter and that is hurled for distance as a track-and-field event ; also : the event

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.