Disk meaning

What does “disk” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“disk” is a noun and verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.

disk

something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
“the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky”
Synonymsdisc saucer
a flat circular plate
Synonymsdisc
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Synonymsphonograph record phonograph recording record disc platter
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
Synonymsmagnetic disk magnetic disc disc

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University