 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
desk
noun: a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually
drawers or other compartments
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Desk \Desk\, noun [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.''
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Desk \Desk\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Desking}.]
To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "desk":
agency, ambo, atelier, bar, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop,
bench, board, buffet, butcher shop, company, concern, corporation,
counter, escritoire, establishment, facility, firm, house,
installation, institution, lectern, loft, organization, parlor,
pulpit, reading desk, rostrum, secretaire, secretary, shop, stand,
studio, sweatshop, table, work site, work space, workbench,
workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable,
writing table
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