Disk Meaning
/dɪsk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
nounA two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
Sentence Examples
It looks like your hard disk is fragmented.
You mustn't format this floppy disk.
Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The old computer still reads data from a floppy ____ inserted into its drive.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It looks like your hard ____ is fragmented.
Word Origin & History
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικεῖν (dikeîn, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"That is alkali. Mr. Kochendorfer: I have a ten-year apple orchard that I disked last year and kept it tolerably clean this spring."
— 1916, Various, Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916:
"The next year I plowed and disked the patch of ground and planted potatoes."
— 1948, Various, Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report:
"The soil is plowed and disked and then seeded with a mixture of prairie plants."
— 1991 September 6, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old computer still reads data from a floppy ____ inserted into its drive.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It looks like your hard ____ is fragmented.