Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Acronym of dominance, inducement, submission, and compliance, a type of personality test.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An intervertebral disc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Something resembling a disc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A vinyl phonograph or gramophone record.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Ellipsis of flying disc; synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Qualifier: disc sports
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noun
Alternative form of disk
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To harrow with a disc harrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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verb
To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a flat circular plate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: disk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: circle, round, plate
Narrower terms: acetate disk, phonograph recording disk, brake disk, deadeye, diaphragm, discus, saucer, Frisbee, planchet, coin blank, puck, hockey puck, token
noun
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: memory device, storage device
Narrower terms: diskette, floppy, floppy disk, hard disc, hard disk, fixed disk
noun
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, platter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound recording, audio recording, audio
Narrower terms: LP, L-P, seventy-eight, 78
noun
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: disk, saucer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: round shape
Narrower terms: intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, point, dot
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.
