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disk

disk

121 2.6
A flat round object that holds recorded music for a record player
  • 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.

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Examples

  • I put that disc down there's music.

  • And he played me the disc that they did to me.

  • So we, they cut this, this disc and they started playing it.

  • Slide it out, Take your disc out just like that.

  • It's this little disc that holds a movie and it's thin and it's light.

  • Unstoppable Public Enemy on the disk

  • 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.

  • The mechanical arm grabbed the gleaming vinyl disk and set it on the turntable.

Synonyms

record
vsdisk
876 3.5

A flat disc used to play music on a turntable

is the general flat sound medium used for groove based playback
CD
vsdisk
520 1.4

A small round disc that stores music and other digital files

focuses on analogue groove storage rather than optical digital formats
compact disk
vsdisk
  • US
12 2.5

A small round shiny disc that stores music, videos, or computer files read by a laser

is about flat objects that store sound via a continuous physical groove
platter
vsdisk
  • Archaic
12 7.4

A record you play on a turntable

is the neutral term for a flat medium that stores sound
vinyl record
vsdisk
5 3.2

A flat round plastic disc that people play on a turntable to hear music

is more general and not limited to one manufacturing material
phonograph record
vsdisk
  • Archaic
2 6.6

A flat round disc with a groove that stores music and is played on a turntable

is a broader flat sound medium category, not only spiral groove types
audio CD
vsdisk
2 2.5

A round plastic disc that stores music or spoken recordings to play in a CD player

focuses on analogue groove storage rather than optical laser read formats
phonorecord
vsdisk
  • Specialized
2 8.2

An item like a record or CD that holds recorded sound for playing

is narrower, focusing specifically on flat groovebased sound objects
acetate disk
vsdisk
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A record covered with acetate used for quick temporary recordings

is the general flat sound medium, not emphasising temporary use
1 3.0

A round plastic disc that stores music and plays in CD players

emphasises groovebased physical storage rather than optical formats
phonograph recording
vsdisk
  • Archaic
1 7.9

A flat disk with a long groove that makes sound when a needle moves

is the general flat medium that can include various groovebased items
phonograph recording disk
vsdisk
  • Archaic
9.9

A flat disk used to make and play sound on an old record player

is broader, covering flat audio media beyond coated recording forms

Compounds

18 3.5

A person who plays recorded popular music on the radio or at events

12 2.5

A small round shiny disc that stores music, videos, or computer files read by a laser

hard disk
  • Specialized
12 3.0

A fixed part inside a computer that stores files and data

floppy disk
  • Archaic
11 3.7

A thin plastic square that holds a flat magnetic disk for storing computer files

disk drive
  • Specialized
9 3.5

A device in a computer that holds and spins a disk to read or write data

disk space
  • Specialized
4 3.4

The amount of free storage on a computer for saving files

disk brake
  • Specialized
2 3.2

A round metal part beside a wheel that slows the wheel when pads press both sides

optical disk
  • Specialized
2 3.7

A flat round disk that holds computer files for a laser to read

2 3.8

Having a flat, round shape like a coin

disk file
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A computer file stored on a disk with a unique name

magnetic disk
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A flat round object covered with magnetic material that stores data

optic disk
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A round area at the back of the eye where the optic nerve enters and has no light-sensing cells

disk controller
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A small computer part that tells a hard disk drive how to read and write data

RAM disk
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A fast virtual drive using computer memory that can lose data when power stops

1 2.8

A round flat form like a coin or plate

disk error
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A problem when a computer cannot open or save files on a disk because the disk is damaged

disk operating system
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A program that runs from a disk to control a computer and its files

disk cache
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A part of a computer's memory that stores often used data so the computer can read it faster

removable disk
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A small storage device you can take out and carry to move files

intervertebral disk
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A soft pad between the bones of the spine that cushions them

brake disk
  • Specialized
1 3.3

A flat metal plate on a wheel that special pads press to slow the wheel

acetate disk
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A record covered with acetate used for quick temporary recordings

disk access
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Reading or writing data on a computer disk to save and get information

disk pack
  • Archaic
1 6.8

A removable set of magnetic disks used together to store computer data

fixed disk
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A metal part inside a computer that stores a lot of data

A basic system made by Microsoft that runs early personal computers

disk harrow
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A farm tool with round metal disks that breaks up and smooths soil

A machine that writes music or data onto CDs

disk clutch
  • Specialized
6.7

A device in which flat disks press together to send power between moving parts

disk overhead
  • Specialized
7.2

Space on a disk used to store information the computer needs, not your files

floppy disk
  • Specialized
3.7

A small image on a computer screen that means save a file

Rayleigh disk
  • Specialized
9.9

A light disk hung on a thread that measures sound wave speed by turning when sound pushes it

A flat disk used to make and play sound on an old record player

How Analog

graphophone
  • Archaic
1 9.9
disk
  • Archaic
121 2.6
compact disk
  • US
12 2.5
audio file
  • Specialized
12 3.3

Surface Forms

disk singular
disks plural
discs plural
disc singular

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.