desk

desk  (dsk)

n.

1. A piece of furniture typically having a flat or sloping top for writing and often drawers or compartments.

2. A table, counter, or booth at which specified services or functions are performed: an information desk; a reception desk.

3. A department of a large organization in charge of a specified operation: a newspaper's city desk.

4. A lectern.

5. A music stand in an orchestra.

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[Middle English deske, from Medieval Latin desca, table, from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus, quoit; see disk.]

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desk

Noun

1. a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers

2. a service counter in a public building, such as a hotel

3. the section of a newspaper or television station responsible for a particular subject: the picture desk [Medieval Latin desca table]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

desk - a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments davenport - a small decorative writing desk drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out escritoire, secretaire, writing table, secretary - a desk used for writing table - a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" writing desk - a desk for writing (usually with a sloping top)

Translations

desk [dɛsk] n (in office) → escritorio;

(for pupil) → pupitre m;

(in hotel, at airport) → recepción f;

(BRIT) (in shop, restaurant) → caja

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desk [dɛsk] n (in office) → bureau m;

(for pupil) → pupitre m;

(Brit) (in shop, restaurant) → caisse f;

(in hotel, at airport) → réception f

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desk [dɛsk] n → Schreibtisch m;

(for pupil) → Pult nt;

(in hotel) → Empfang m;

(at airport) → Schalter m;

(Brit) (in shop, restaurant) → Kasse f

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desk [dɛsk] n (in office) → scrivania;

(for pupil) → banco;

(BRIT) (in shop, restaurant) → cassa;

(in hotel) → ricevimento;

(at airport) → accettazione f