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Disk Meaning: Hard Drive, Optical Disc & Flat Round Object (3 meaning)

Meaning 1：hard disk drive (disk)

disk 🔊

/dɪsk/

A part inside a computer or a separate device used for storing data, like your photos, music, and files.

hard disk drive 🔊

➕

/hɑːrd dɪsk draɪv/

A component inside a computer that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital data.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'discus', meaning flat circular object, like a dish.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a shiny disk spinning quickly - it's flat and round!

📖 Example

My computer is running slow; I think my hard disk is almost full. 🔊 My computer is running slow; I think my hard disk is almost full.

🔗 Collocations

hard disk – A rigid magnetic platter used for data storage

disk space – The amount of storage capacity on a disk

disk drive – The hardware device that reads and writes data to a disk

🔄 Synonyms

hard drive (n.) – A data storage device, synonymous with hard disk

HDD (abbr.) – Hard disk drive

storage device (n.) – Any hardware that stores data

🌱 Derivatives

diskette (n.) – A small removable floppy disk

diskless (adj.) – Having no disk

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Greek 'diskos' (discus), used for throwing sport. Later applied to any flat circle, and in computing to magnetic data platters.

Meaning 2：optical disc (disk)

disk 🔊

/dɪsk/

A thin, flat, round object used to store music, movies, or computer data, like a CD or DVD.

optical disc 🔊

➕

/ˈɒptɪkəl dɪsk/

A flat, circular disc that stores data in pits read by a laser, used for music, movies, and software.

📁 Category：Entertainment & Sports 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

I found an old music disk in my car and it brought back so many memories. 🔊 I found an old music disk in my car and it brought back so many memories.

🔗 Collocations

compact disc – A standard audio optical disc

DVD – Digital versatile disc for video

disc player – Device that plays discs

🔄 Synonyms

CD (n.) – Compact disc

DVD (n.) – Digital versatile disc

optical disc (n.) – A disc read by a laser

🌱 Derivatives

discography (n.) – A list of recordings by an artist

Meaning 3：flat round object (disk)

disk 🔊

/dɪsk/

Any object that is flat and round, like a plate, a coin, or a frisbee.

Sliced carrot disks on a wooden cutting board

flat round object 🔊

➕

/flæt raʊnd ˈɒbdʒɪkt/

Any object that is shaped like a thin flat circle, such as a coin, a plate, or a frisbee.

📁 Category：Objects & Materials 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

She cut the carrot into thin disk shapes for the salad. 🔊 She cut the carrot into thin disk shapes for the salad.

🔗 Collocations

disk shape – The form of a flat circle

metal disk – A disk made of metal

disk of the sun – The round shape of the sun

🔄 Synonyms

circle (n.) – A round shape

coin (n.) – A flat round piece of metal used as money

platter (n.) – A large flat dish or disk

🚫 Antonyms

sphere (n.) – A round 3D object, not flat

cube (n.) – A square 3D object

🌱 Derivatives

discus (n.) – A heavy disk thrown in athletic competitions