Definition of Desk. Meaning of Desk. Synonyms of Desk

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Definition of Desk

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

Meaning of Desk from wikipedia

- A desk or bureau is a piece of furniture with a flat table-style work surface used in a school, office, home or the like for academic, professional or...
- Tiny Desk Concerts is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen in Washington, D.C. The first...
- VV DESK is a football club from Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands. DESK plays in the Derde Kl****e Sa****ay (eighth tier) in the 2023–24 season. DESK won the national...
- A help desk is a department or person that provides ****istance and information, usually for electronic or computer problems. In the mid-1990s, research...
- The Resolute desk, also known as the Hayes desk, is a nineteenth-century partners desk used by several presidents of the United States in the White House...
- A partners desk, partner's desk or partners' desk (also double desk) is a mostly historical form of desk, a large pedestal desk designed and constructed...
- work is usually performed in a waiting area such as a lobby or front office desk of an organization or business. The title receptionist is attributed to the...
- The candy desk has been a tradition of the United States Senate since 1965, whereby a senator who sits at a particular desk near a busy entrance keeps...
- The reference desk or information desk of a library is a public service counter where professional librarians provide library users with direction to library...
- desk pad or blotter is a table protector used when work such as painting or writing would otherwise damage the table or desk. Typical sizes for desk pads...