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Added 9 October 2026

disk

/dɪsk/ noun

In Latin: discus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about disk at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.
the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
A flat circular plate.
Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove.

verb

Draw a harrow over (land).

Origin

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.

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