Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A piece of furniture typically having a flat or sloping top for writing and often drawers or compartments.
- n. A table, counter, or booth at which specified services or functions are performed: an information desk; a reception desk.
- n. A department of a large organization in charge of a specified operation: a newspaper's city desk.
- n. A lectern.
- n. A music stand in an orchestra.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. 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.
- n. 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.
- v. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. 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.
- n. 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.”
- transitive v. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To shut, up in or as if in a desk; treasure up.
- n. A table specially adapted for convenience in writing or reading, frequently made with a sloping top, which may lift on hinges to give access to an interior compartment, as in the ordinary form of school-desk, or combined with drawers, and sometimes with book-shelves; also, a frame or case with a sloping top, intended to rest on a table, and to hold a book or paper conveniently for reading or writing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
Etymologies
Examples
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We may refer to all sets adapted to be mounted on a wall or partition as _wall telephones_, and to all in which the receiver, transmitter, and hook are provided with a standard of their own to enable them to rest on any flat surface, such as a desk or table, as _desk telephones_.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
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*fawls offa desk chare* *Wabes floofy paw happeely from unnerneeth desk*
Nom Nom Nom Ding Ziiiip - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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One of them sits at the back of the class and pretends his desk is a machine gun (with accompanying noises) or a powerful car (with accompanying noises).
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The Bass speaker under the desk is an excellent foot rest.
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To answer a few questions, the keyboard area of the desk is a little higher then normal, so I can use the tablet easier.
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"Joe doesn't have this big suite of offices, and his desk is the same size as everyone else's."
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Beneath the desk is my small collection of PULP and other really old manga published in pamphlet-comic format.
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And the desk is a solid workspace which makes me feel 100x better.
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Getting your monitors off the desk is a great way to free up space.
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In his personal studio, on the 10th floor of a building overlooking Copacabana's famous beach, the walls feature Niemeyer's doodles and over his desk is a poster of naked women.
At 102, Brazil's foremost architect celebrates past achievements, looks to the future
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