disk-shaped
Like a frisbee
Disk-shaped describes something flat and circular, like a coin, frisbee, or hockey puck: The disk-shaped leaves floated on the water's surface.
The term applies to anything with this geometry—cells, galaxies, UFOs in popular imagination.
Also spelled disc-shaped.
Forming a closed curve
- flatLacking vertical variation
- roundCurved like circle
- wafer-thinExtremely lacking thickness
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
roundel · orbicular · lenticular · platelet
Throwable recreational disc
- CDOptical data disc
- DVDOptical media format
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- recordPreserved account or achievement
coin · medal · button · chip · token · hubcap · discus · cymbal
Thin fried breakfast cake
- tortillaThin unleavened Mexican bread
- pitaHollow Middle Eastern bread
- rotiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
- chapatiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
naan · crumpet · cookie · biscuit · patty · arepa · injera · pizza
Gravitationally bound stellar mass
- spiralCurve winding around center
- accretionGrowth through external addition
- protoplanetaryPreceding planetary formation
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
circumstellar · nebula · planetary · ecliptic · orbital · heliocentric · zodiacal · Kuiper
circular
Forming a closed curve
- flatLacking vertical variation
- roundCurved like circle
- wafer-thinExtremely lacking thickness
medallion · roundel · orbicular · lenticular · platelet
frisbee
Throwable recreational disc
record · coin · medal · button · chip · token · hubcap · discus · cymbal · gong
pancake
Thin fried breakfast cake
- tortillaThin unleavened Mexican bread
- pitaHollow Middle Eastern bread
- rotiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
chapati · naan · crumpet · cookie · biscuit · patty · arepa · injera · pizza · dosa
galaxy
Gravitationally bound stellar mass
- spiralCurve winding around center
- accretionGrowth through external addition
- protoplanetaryPreceding planetary formation
asteroid · circumstellar · nebula · planetary · ecliptic · orbital · heliocentric · zodiacal · Kuiper · cosmic
cell
Basic unit of life
- erythrocyteOxygen-transporting blood component
- plateletBlood's clotting fragment
- diatomSingle-celled silica algae
pollen · spore · scale · vertebra · sucker · pad · leaf · petal · seed · colony