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Desk Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Desk? [n] a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments Synonyms \| Synonyms for Desk: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Desk: agency \| ambo \| atelier \| bar \| barbershop \| beauty parlor \| beauty shop \| bench \| board \| buffet \| butcher shop \| company \| concern \| corporation \| counter \| escritoire \| establishment \| facility \| firm \| house \| installation \| institution \| lectern \| loft \| organization \| parlor \| pulpit \| reading desk \| rostrum \| secretaire \| secretary \| shop \| stand \| studio \| sweatshop \| table \| work site \| work space \| workbench \| workhouse \| working space \| workplace \| workroom \| workshop \| worktable \| writing table See Also \| davenport \| drawer \| escritoire \| secretaire \| secretary \| table \| writing desk \| writing table Desk In Webster's Dictionary \Desk\, n. [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See {Dish}, and cf. {Disk}.] 1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath. 2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for ``the clerical profession.'' \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desking}.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Desk Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Desk?

[n] a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

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Desk In Webster's Dictionary

\Desk\, n. [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See
{Dish}, and cf. {Disk}.]
1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but
   often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It
   often has a drawer or repository underneath.

2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which
   the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit
   from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the
   United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for
   ``the clerical profession.''


\Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Desking}.]
To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

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