| NOUN | shape | disk, disc, saucer | something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate |
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| artifact | disk, disc | a flat circular plate | |
| artifact | disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disc, platter | sound / sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove | |
| artifact | disk, magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored | |
| VERB | creation | disk, harrow | draw a harrow over (land) |
| Sounds | dih'sk | |
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| Rhymes | asterisk ... whisk: 12 rhymes with ihsk... | |
| Meaning | Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate. | |
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| Example | "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" | |
| Synonyms | disc, saucer | |
| Narrower | intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk | A fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) |
| point, dot | A very small circular shape | |
| Broader | round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles |
| Spanish | disco | |
| Catalan | disc | |
| Meaning | A flat circular plate. | |
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| Synonym | disc | |
| Narrower | Frisbee | A light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter |
| acetate disk, phonograph recording disk | A disk coated with cellulose acetate | |
| brake disk | A disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel | |
| deadeye | (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud | |
| diaphragm | electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | |
| discus, saucer | A disk used in throwing competitions | |
| planchet, coin blank | A flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin | |
| puck, hockey puck | A vulcanized rubber / rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey | |
| token | A metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines | |
| Broader | circle, round | Any circular or rotating mechanism |
| plate | A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic | |
| Spanish | disco | |
| Catalan | disc | |
| Meaning | sound / sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove. | |
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| Synonyms | phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disc, platter | |
| Parts | acetate disk, phonograph recording disk | A disk coated with cellulose acetate |
| Narrower | LP, L-P | A long-playing phonograph record |
| seventy-eight, 78 | A shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute | |
| Broader | sound recording, audio recording, audio | A recording of acoustic signals |
| Spanish | disco, plato | |
| Catalan | disc | |
| Meaning | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored. | |
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| Synonyms | magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Narrower | diskette, floppy, floppy disk | A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit |
| hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk | A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit | |
| Broader | memory device, storage device | A device that preserves information for retrieval |
| Spanish | disco magnético, disco | |
| Catalan | disc magnètic, disc | |
| Nouns | diskette | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit |
| Meaning | Draw a harrow over (land) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | harrow | |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| Broader | plow, plough, turn | To break and turn over earth especially with a plow |
| Spanish | gradar | |
| Catalan | rasclar | |
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