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desk
- /dɛsk/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛsk
Where it comes from
From Middle English deske, desque, from Medieval Latin desca, modified from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, disc, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. See also German Tisch, "table".
noun desks
- 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. She organized her notes neatly on her desk before starting the project.
- 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.
- A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms. the city desk, the sports desk
- Ellipsis of mixing desk Each aux out is connected to an effects unit and the signal is then returned into the desk.
- A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations. The first four desks of cellos play separate parts, making a lush, Impressionist harmony.
verb desks · desking · desked
- To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
- To equip with a desk or desks. But also that the said Chapell be desked, and the windowes of our said Chapell be glased, with Stores, Ymagies, Armes, Bagies ami Cognossaunts, as is by us redily divised, and in picture delivered to the Priour of Saunt Bartilmews besid Smythfel, maistre of the works of our said Chapell;
- To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: escritoire, console, locker, drawer, cabinet, table, wicket, bar, carrel, cubicle, window, board, kit, room, place, dashboard
Translations
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noun table for writing and reading
| Español | escritorio, pupitre, carpeta, mesabanco, secreter, escribanía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 책상 chaeksang |
| 日本語 | 机 tsukue |
| 中文 | 書桌 /书桌 shūzhuō, 寫字檯 /寫字枱 /寫字臺 /寫字台 xiězìtái |
| हिन्दी | मेज़ mez |
| Kiswahili | dawati |
| Português | escrivaninha, carteira |
| Français | bureau, pupitre |
| Deutsch | Schreibtisch |
| Italiano | scrivania |
| Ελληνικά | γραφείο grafeío |
| Română | birou |
| Русский | пи́сьменный стол písʹmennyj stol, стол stol, па́рта párta, бюро́ bjuró, рабо́чий стол rabóčij stol |
| Tiếng Việt | bàn |
| العربية | مَكْتَب maktab, مِنْضَدَة minḍada |
| עברית | מִכְתָּבָה makhtevá, שֻׁלְחַן כְּתִיבָה \ שולחן כתיבה shulkhán ktivá |
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title = {desk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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