Below, we have different definitions or meanings of the word desk. These different definitions are grouped based on the different parts of speech. You will also find examples for every definition if available
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /dɛsk/
US:
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.
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 of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.
city desk
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /dɛsk/
US:
To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
To equip with a desk or desks.
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