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...
- 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...
- 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...
- A help desk is a department or person that provides ****istance and information, usually for electronic or computer problems. In the mid-1990s, research...
- 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...
- in 1909, there have been six different desks used in the office by the president of the United States. The desk usually sits in front of the south wall...
- desk in the Vice President's Room of the United States Capitol, colloquially known as the Wilson desk and previously called the McKinley-Barkley desk...
- A Cheveret desk is an antique desk of very small size which features a single drawer under the writing surface. In some occasions small drawers and pigeonholes...
- Desk HQ is an American website that focuses on reporting election results in the United States. The company's president is Drew McCoy. Decision Desk HQ...