disk
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
Noun 4 meanings
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
“A coin is a disk of metal.”
A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
Something resembling a disk.
“Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.”
An intervertebral disc
Verb 2 meanings
To harrow.
To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.
DISK at a glance
DISK has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + K 5) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,899 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with disk
All rhymes- RISK8
- BRISK11
- WHISK15
- ASTERISK12
- FISK11
- FRISK12
- OBELISK13
- BASILISK14
- LISK8
- TAMARISK14
- LUTEFISK15
- BISK10
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