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...
- 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...
- Tiny Desk Concerts is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music at the desk of former All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen in Washington, D.C...
- of portable desk, made up of two chests, the bottom one usually having drawers (called a taquillón) and the top one having a hinged desk surface which...
- A Moore desk is not one but two large antique desk forms. The "Moore Office Queen" is a m****ive desk, made for a sitting user. From the outside it looks...
- In audit management, a desk audit or desk review is a do****ent review of an organization's do****ents. These reviews which do not require interviews or...
- campaign desk is an antique desk of normal size which was used by officers and their staffs in rear areas during a military campaign. The campaign desk was...
- Roosevelt desk. The desk currently in use by Donald Trump is the C&O desk while the Resolute desk undergoes refurbishment. Of the six desks that have...
- A partners desk, partner's desk or partners' desk (also known as a double desk) is a mostly historical form of desk, a large pedestal desk designed and...
- A carrel desk is a desk, often found in libraries, with partitions at back and sides to provide privacy. Carrel desks are especially common in academic...