desk
Meaning of 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.
- 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.
- A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.
city desk
- To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
- To equip with a desk or desks.
Information about desk
- The plural form of desk is: desks.
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Hyphenation of desk
desk
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- desk is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of desk
- French: bureau
- Portuguese: secretária
- Italian: scrivania, scrittoio
- Spanish: escritorio, pupitre
Anagrams of desk
Words that rhyme with desk
foredesk, helpdesk, newsdesk, copydesk
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