desk

Etymology
From, , from , modified from , from. . See also, "table".

Noun

 * 1) A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
 * 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 (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
 * 3) A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
 * the city desk, the sports desk
 * the options desk, the equities desk
 * 1) A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.
 * 1) A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.
 * 1) A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.
 * 1) A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:, مِنْضَدَة
 * Aragonese: escritorio, pupitre
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: idazmahai
 * Belarusian: пісьмо́вы стол,, па́рта
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: skribotablo, skribtablo
 * Estonian: kirjutuslaud, koolipink, pult
 * Faroese: skriviborð
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: საწერი მაგიდა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: pākaukau
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: kans, lauta, pöytä
 * Irish: deasc
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin: mensa scriptoria
 * Latvian: rakstāmgalds
 * Luhya: litesiki
 * Malay: meja tulis
 * Maori: tēpu tuhi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠷᠡᠭᠡ
 * Navajo: bikááʼ naʼanishí
 * Norman: êcritouaithe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pult,
 * Nynorsk:
 * Ottoman Turkish: رحله
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bòrd-sgrìobhaidh, deasg
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: писаћи сто, радни сто
 * Roman: pisaći sto, radni sto
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:, โต๊ะทำงาน
 * Turkish:, , , çalışak,
 * Ukrainian: письмо́вий стіл,, па́рта
 * Uyghur: جوزا, پارتا
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:, scribanc, perpite
 * Welsh:, desgiau
 * Yiddish: שרײַבטיש


 * Danish: rubrik, stationær redaktion
 * Dutch: deelredactie, deskredactie
 * French:
 * German:
 * Portuguese: editoria
 * Spanish:


 * Interlingua:

Verb

 * 1)  To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
 * 2)  To equip with a desk or desks.
 * 3)  To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
 * 1)  To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
 * 1)  To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
 * 1)  To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.