disclike

Thân thiện

A child holds a disclike cookie on a plate.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a flat circular shape: Resembling or shaped like a disc; circular and flat.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The artist created a disclike sculpture from polished metal.
  • We observed a disclike object in the night sky through the telescope.
  • The fungus had a distinctive, disclike cap.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Technical Context: Used to describe the morphology of biological specimens, celestial bodies, or manufactured objects.
  • Under the microscope, the blood cells appeared disclike.
• Descriptive Writing: Used for vivid description in literature or journalism.
  • The pond was frozen into a perfect, disclike sheet of ice.

Variants and Related Words

• Disc (also spelled Disk) (n): A flat, thin, circular object.
• Discoid (adj): Shaped like a disc. (A more technical synonym for ).
• Disc-shaped (adj): Having the shape of a disc. (A compound adjective with the same meaning).

Synonyms

• Circular
• Round
• Disc-shaped
• Discoid

Antonyms

• Cubic
• Spherical
• Polygonal

Notes on Usage

• Spelling: The word is typically spelled as one word: . The hyphenated form is also acceptable but less common in modern usage.
• Specificity: While or describe the two-dimensional shape, often implies a three-dimensional object that is flat and circular, like a coin or a plate. It suggests a slight thickness.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a flat circular shape

Từ đồng nghĩa

• discoid
• discoidal
• disklike
• disk-shaped
• disc-shaped