In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
disk, disc
(noun) a flat circular plate
disk, disc, saucer
(noun) something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; “the moon’s disk hung in a cloudless sky”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disc (plural discs)
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
(anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
Something resembling a disc.
A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
(botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
(disc golf, ultimate frisbee) A Frisbee.
See usage notes at the disk entry.
disc (third-person singular simple present discs, present participle discing, simple past and past participle disced)
(agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
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Source: Wiktionary
Disc, n. Etym: [See Disk, Dish.]
Definition: A flat round plate; (Biol.)
Definition: a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.