disk means "something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disk?

disk has 1 syllable: disk. In IPA it is /ˈdɪsk/.

What is another word for disk?

Close synonyms include disc, saucer, disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disk a common word?

disk is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disk?

2 words rhyme with disk. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

disk — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
“the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky”
Synonymsdisc saucer
Broaderround shape
Narrowerintervertebral disc point
2.
a flat circular plate
Synonymsdisc
Broaderplate circle
Narroweracetate disk brake disk deadeye diaphragm discus Frisbee planchet puck token
3.
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Synonymsphonograph record phonograph recording record disc platter
Broadersound recording
NarrowerLP seventy-eight
Partsacetate disk
4.
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
Synonymsmagnetic disk magnetic disc disc
Broadermemory device
Narrowerdiskette hard disc
computer science

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
draw a harrow over (land)
Synonymsharrow
Broaderplow
farming

Other forms of disk

plural: disks·
past tense: disked·
present participle: disking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disk

What does disk mean?: disk means "something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in disk?: disk has 1 syllable: disk. In IPA it is /ˈdɪsk/.
What is another word for disk?: Close synonyms include disc, saucer, disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is disk a common word?: disk is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with disk?: 2 words rhyme with disk. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for disk come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
“the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky”
Synonymsdisc saucer
Broaderround shape
Narrowerintervertebral disc point
2.
a flat circular plate
Synonymsdisc
Broaderplate circle
Narroweracetate disk brake disk deadeye diaphragm discus Frisbee planchet puck token
3.
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Synonymsphonograph record phonograph recording record disc platter
Broadersound recording
NarrowerLP seventy-eight
Partsacetate disk
4.
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
Synonymsmagnetic disk magnetic disc disc
Broadermemory device
Narrowerdiskette hard disc
computer science

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
draw a harrow over (land)
Synonymsharrow
Broaderplow
farming

Other forms of disk

plural: disks·
past tense: disked·
present participle: disking·

Questions about disk

What does disk mean?: disk means "something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in disk?: disk has 1 syllable: disk. In IPA it is /ˈdɪsk/.
What is another word for disk?: Close synonyms include disc, saucer, disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is disk a common word?: disk is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with disk?: 2 words rhyme with disk. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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