'Desk' definitions:
Definition of 'desk'
From: WordNet
noun
A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
Definition of 'Desk'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Desk'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'desk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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