disk
20
2.6
- noun
- /dɪsk/
- Archaic
:
disco
- Disks are passed from hand to hand.
- compact disk
- dusty disk
So we, they cut this, this disc and they started playing it.
- So we, they cut this, this disc and they started playing it.
- I put that disc down there's music.
Examples
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I put that disc down there's music.
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And he played me the disc that they did to me.
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So we, they cut this, this disc and they started playing it.
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Slide it out, Take your disc out just like that.
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It's this little disc that holds a movie and it's thin and it's light.
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Unstoppable Public Enemy on the disk
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I popped the disk into a video player mounted on the wall.
Fiction book (2001) -
Musical compact disks are an example of the early success of this trend.
Academic text (1998) -
I have two DVD discs for you and Obama.
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The mechanical arm grabbed the gleaming vinyl disk and set it on the turntable.
Synonyms
863
3.5
A flat disc used to play music on a turntable
396
1.4
A small round disc that stores music and other digital files
12
2.5
A small round shiny disc that stores music, videos, or computer files read by a laser
7
7.4
A record you play on a turntable
5
8.2
An item like a record or CD that holds recorded sound for playing
4
3.2
A flat round plastic disc that people play on a turntable to hear music
1
6.6
A flat round disc with a groove that stores music and is played on a turntable
1
2.5
A round plastic disc that stores music or spoken recordings to play in a CD player
A flat disk with a long groove that makes sound when a needle moves
A flat disk used to make and play sound on an old record player
A record covered with acetate used for quick temporary recordings
A round plastic disc that stores music and plays in CD players
Compounds
- US
12
2.5
A small round shiny disc that stores music, videos, or computer files read by a laser
- Specialized
6
3.5
A device in a computer that holds and spins a disk to read or write data
- Archaic
6
3.7
A thin plastic square that holds a flat magnetic disk for storing computer files
- Specialized
3
3.2
A round metal part beside a wheel that slows the wheel when pads press both sides
- Specialized
1
4.1
A small computer part that tells a hard disk drive how to read and write data
- Specialized
1
7.1
A round area at the back of the eye where the optic nerve enters and has no light-sensing cells
- Specialized
A part of a computer's memory that stores often used data so the computer can read it faster
- Specialized
A device in which flat disks press together to send power between moving parts
- Specialized
A problem when a computer cannot open or save files on a disk because the disk is damaged
- Specialized
A program that runs from a disk to control a computer and its files
- Specialized
Space on a disk used to store information the computer needs, not your files
- Archaic
A basic system made by Microsoft that runs early personal computers
- Specialized
A fast virtual drive using computer memory that can lose data when power stops
- Specialized
A light disk hung on a thread that measures sound wave speed by turning when sound pushes it
- Archaic
A flat disk used to make and play sound on an old record player
How Analog
Surface Forms
Etymology
Disk for a sound record also comes from Greek diskos ('round plate') since a record is a flat, round surface with lines that a needle follows to play music. So a music disk is a round object that stores sound.