disc
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
Noun 4 meanings
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
“A coin is a disc of metal.”
An intervertebral disc.
Something resembling a disc.
“Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.”
A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
“Turn the disc over, after it has finished.”
Verb 2 meanings
To harrow with a disc harrow.
To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
“In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.”
Etymology
From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
DISC at a glance
DISC has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + C 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,685 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with disc
All rhymes- FISC9
- LASERDISC12
- MINIDISC13
- VIDEODISC16
- BLASTODISC15
- MULTIDISC14
- PANISC10
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