desk

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desked; p. pr. & vb. n. Desking.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. [1913 Webster]
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]

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