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DeskSource: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 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. [1913 Webster] 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." [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desked; p. pr. & vb. n. Desking.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
desk
n : a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually
drawers or other compartments
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 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 Matching Word(s) Disk Dusk Deck Derk Dess DES disk dusk deck des dpsk dese desp dek desy
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