Definitions for desk

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desk desk

Spelling: [desk]

IPA: /dɛsk/

Desk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in desk (deks).

Definitions for desk

noun

1. an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc.
2. a frame for supporting a book from which the service is read in a church.
3. a pulpit.
4. the section of a large organization, as a governmental bureau or newspaper, having authority over and responsibility for particular operations within the organization:
5. a table or counter, as in a library or office, at which a specific job is performed or a service offered:
6. a stand used to support sheet music; music stand.
7. (in an orchestra) a seat or position assigned by rank (usually used in combination):

adjective

1. of or relating to a writing desk:
2. of a size or form suitable for use on a desk:
3. done at or based on a desk, as in an office or schoolroom:

Origin of desk

1350-1400; Middle English deske Medieval Latin desca, descus desk, lectern, probably Latin discus discus; cf. dais, di

Examples for desk

He found Austin sitting on the chair by his desk, resting his chin on his elbow.

For a time Grace sat at her desk with the letter in her hand.

The man behind the desk is a fictional character—a ferocious patriot exposing the limits of rigid ideology.

He went over to the desk and began to scribble a name on the pad of paper.

I was sick in street gutters, onto my desk, at dinners with friends.

She suggested that Gregory stack newspapers on his desk to give the set an intimate, coffeehouse feel.

President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”

"I knew he'd plunge," he said, taking the chair proffered him, near Shepler's desk.

Then he walked carelessly across to the desk and asked for his bill.

While the desk sergeant ran a background check, he was roughed up by another officer in the lock-up.