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- [disk]
- /dɪsk/
- /dɪsk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [disk]
- /dɪsk/
Definitions of disk word
- noun disk a phonograph record. 1
- noun disk disk (defs 1, 2, 4–9). 1
- verb with object disk Informal. to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc. 1
- verb with object disk disk (defs 11, 12). 1
- noun disk A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. 1
- noun disk disc: flat, round object 1
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Origin of disk
First appearance:
before 1655 One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; < Latin discus discus; cf. dish
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Disk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
disk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
disk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for disk
noun disk
- plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- platter — a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- dish — Slang. to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends.
- circle — A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
Antonyms for disk
noun disk
- k — the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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