disco — meaning in English

English meaning

• discus noun A heavy round disc thrown in athletics competitions.
• disk noun A flat, round, thin object.
• drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
• plate noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
• record noun A written or stored account of information, kept for future reference.

Senses

disco is used for these senses in English:

• discus A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
• drive (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
• plate (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
• record Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).

discus — full definition

1. noun A heavy round disc thrown in athletics competitions.
2. noun The track-and-field event of throwing this disc for distance.
3. noun A brightly coloured freshwater aquarium fish (genus Symphysodon) with a flat, round body.

disk — full definition

1. noun A flat, round, thin object.
2. noun A round, flat storage device used in computers, such as a hard disk or floppy disk.

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