Definition of "reception desk" []

• The place in public and company buildings where a receptionist presides, typically located in the front entrance of a building just inside the door. At a reception desk you may ask how to gain access to different parts of the building. (noun)

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• "He flew past the reception desk where Monsieur Trottoir only had a chance to inhale before asking, “Checking in?”"
• "Standing behind the reception desk there was a smiling, red-cheeked woman and a pleasant, plump man who made Lisa think of her mother and father back home on Cannon Avenue."
• "Joan and Nilly ran down all the flights, past the pictures of the Trottoir family, past the armchairs in the lobby, past the reception desk where Monsieur Trottoir just managed to ask, “Checking out?” before they were out the revolving door, onto the cobblestones in front of the building."