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Definition of Desk
1. Noun. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
Terms within: Drawer
Generic synonyms: Table
Definition of Desk
1. 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.
2. v. t. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
Definition of Desk
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. 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. ¹
3. Verb. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desk
1. a writing table [n -S]