Discus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Sports A disk, typically wooden or plastic with a metal rim, that is thrown for distance in athletic competitions.
  • n. Sports A track-and-field event in which a discus is thrown.
  • n. A small, brilliantly colored South American freshwater fish (Symphysodon discus) that has a disk-shaped body and is popular in home aquariums.
  • n. Something resembling a flat circular plate; a disk.
  • n. Botany See disk.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
  • n. The athletics sport of discus throwing.
  • n. A discus fish.
  • n. A chakram.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.
  • n. The exercise with the discus.
  • n. A disk. See Disk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In classical antiquity, a circular piece of stone or plate of metal, about 12 inches in diameter, pitched from a fixed point to the greatest possible distance, as a gymnastic exercise and as an athletic contest.
  • n. In anatomy, physical, zoology, and botany, a disk of any kind.
  • n. [capitalized] In zoöl.: A genus of mollusks, A genus of acalephs.
  • n. A genus of scombroid fishes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a disk used in throwing competitions
  • n. an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sports equipment    disk    disc    field event   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    disci    disk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    quoit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fiscus    viscous   
    Same Context
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