1. (computing) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
   "The computer's hard drive is a type of magnetic disk";
   - magnetic disk, magnetic disc, disc
    
2. [N. Amer] Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
   "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky";
   - disc, saucer
    
3. [N. Amer] A flat circular plate
   "He placed the disk on the turntable and lowered the needle";
   - disc
    
4. [N. Amer] Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
   "She placed the disk on the turntable and lowered the needle";
   - phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disc, platter, gramophone record

1. Break up and level soil using a harrow
   "They disked the field to prepare it for planting";
   - harrow, disc

Derived forms: disking, disked, disks

Type of: audio, audio recording, circle, memory device, plate, plough [Brit, Cdn], plow [N. Amer], round, round shape, sound recording, storage device, turn

Encyclopedia: Disk