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[desk] 
–noun
| 1. | an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc. |
| 2. | a frame for supporting a book from which the service is read in a church. |
| 3. | a pulpit. |
| 4. | the section of a large organization, as a governmental bureau or newspaper, having authority over and responsibility for particular operations within the organization: city desk; foreign desk. |
| 5. | a table or counter, as in a library or office, at which a specific job is performed or a service offered: an information desk; reception desk. |
| 6. | a stand used to support sheet music; music stand. |
| 7. | (in an orchestra) a seat or position assigned by rank (usually used in combination): a first-desk flutist. |
–adjective
| 8. | of or pertaining to a writing desk: a desk drawer. |
| 9. | of a size or form suitable for use on a desk: desk dictionary. |
| 10. | done at or based on a desk, as in an office or schoolroom: He used to be a traveling salesman, but now he has a desk job. |
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| desk (děsk) n.
[Middle English deske, from Medieval Latin desca, table, from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus, quoit; see disk.] |
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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. 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."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Desk
Spanish:
escritorio, pupitre, mostrador,
German:
der Schreibtisch,
Japanese:
机
desk
1363, from M.L. desca "table to write on" (c.1250), from L. discus "quoit, platter, dish," from Gk. diskos. The M.L. is perhaps via It. desco. Used figuratively of office or clerical work since 1797; desk job is first attested 1965. Desk-top (adj.) is from 1958; desk-top publishing first recorded 1984.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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desk
a table, frame, or case with a sloping or horizontal top particularly designed to aid writing or reading, and often containing drawers, compartments, or pigeonholes.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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