Definitions from Wiktionary (desk)
▸ noun: A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
▸ noun: 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 (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
▸ noun: A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
▸ noun: A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.
▸ verb: (transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
▸ verb: (transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.
▸ verb: (transitive, journalism) To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
▸ noun: Short for mixing desk. [Synonym of mixing console]
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▸ noun: A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
▸ noun: 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 (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
▸ noun: A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
▸ noun: A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.
▸ verb: (transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
▸ verb: (transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.
▸ verb: (transitive, journalism) To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
▸ noun: Short for mixing desk. [Synonym of mixing console]
▸ Also see desk
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Types:
writing desk,
computer desk,
standing desk,
corner desk,
L-shaped desk,
U-shaped desk,
executive desk,
secretary desk,
roll-top desk,
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