Definition of "desk" []

• A piece of furniture typically having a flat or sloping top for writing and often drawers or compartments. (noun)
• A table, counter, or booth at which specified services or functions are performed: an information desk; a reception desk. (noun)
• A department of a large organization in charge of a specified operation: a newspaper's city desk. (noun)
• A lectern. (noun)
• A music stand in an orchestra. (noun)

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• "We may refer to all sets adapted to be mounted on a wall or partition as _wall telephones_, and to all in which the receiver, transmitter, and hook are provided with a standard of their own to enable them to rest on any flat surface, such as a desk or table, as _desk telephones_."
• "*fawls offa desk chare* *Wabes floofy paw happeely from unnerneeth desk*"
• "One of them sits at the back of the class and pretends his desk is a machine gun (with accompanying noises) or a powerful car (with accompanying noises)."