sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
"We spent the whole afternoon listening to vinyl records on our turntable."
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
"After years of use, my old hard disk finally failed and corrupted all the important files I had saved."
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
"He carefully placed the heavy metal disk on top of the stack of papers to keep them from sliding off the table."
In plain English: A disk is a flat, round storage device that computers use to save and keep your files safe.
"I left my dinner plate on the kitchen disk to let it dry."
Usage: Use "disk" to describe any thin, flat, circular object such as a vinyl record, a coin, or a compact disc. Avoid using it for computer storage media, which should always be spelled "disc."
To harrow.
"The farmer decided to disk the field before planting wheat to break up the hard soil."
In plain English: To disk something means to save it onto a computer's hard drive for storage.
"The teacher told us to disk the data onto an external drive before leaving the lab."
Usage: Use the verb disk only in very specific agricultural contexts to describe the act of breaking up and leveling soil with a disk harrow. In modern everyday language, this usage is extremely rare, so you should almost always use it as a noun referring to a storage medium instead.
The word "disk" comes from the Ancient Greek dískos, which originally meant a circular plate designed for throwing. It entered English as a doublet related to words like "discus" and "dish," all sharing roots in the Greek verb meaning "to hurl."