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disk

/dɪsk/ noun B1
  1. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. · A coin is a disk of metal.
  2. A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.
  3. Something resembling a disk. (figuratively) · Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.
  4. An intervertebral disc
  5. A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record. (dated) · Turn the disk over, after it has finished.
  6. A type of harrow.
  7. A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

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“I shall be most happy to tell you anything I can,” the constable answered with his eyes upon the little golden disk.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 40 · B2
From within he produced a crumpled piece of paper, an old-fashioned brass key, a peg of wood with a ball of string attached to it, and three rusty old disks of metal.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 3 · B2

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