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.
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   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."
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	Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Desking.]
   To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
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	desk
     n : a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually
         drawers or other compartments

	

	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