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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'desk' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions desk noun  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. 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. Translations:  French: bureau , pupitre (school desk) German: Schreibtisch Spanish: escritorio , pupitre (school desk) Etymology: From desca, from discus.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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