desk

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛsk/

Noun

desk (plural desks)

1. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of 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 (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
3. A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.

   city desk

Translations

• French: bureau, (school desk) pupitre
• German: Schreibtisch
• Italian: scrivania
• Portuguese: escrivaninha, carteira (especially the type used in schools)
• Russian: пи́сьменный стол
• Spanish: escritorio, (school desk) pupitre

Translations

• French: rubrique
• German: Ressort
• Portuguese: editoria
• Spanish: sección

Verb

desk (desks, present participle desking; past and past participle desked)

1. (transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
2. (transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.

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