Desk

Definition of desk:

part of speech: noun

A sloping table; pulpit.

part of speech: noun

A sloping table for the use of writers or readers: a pulpit.

part of speech: noun

A frame or table for reading or writing upon; a pulpit.

Usage examples for desk:

• Here my father's desk stood, for he used the room for nearly every purpose of his life. "Cynthia Wakeham's Money", Anna Katharine Green.

• He and Henrietta moved to the Ladues' as soon as they could, Fox into the professor's old room, with the skeleton of the professor's little lizard on the floor, under the window, and with the professor's desk to work at. "Concerning Sally", William John Hopkins.

• She had learned to write at his desk "Comrade Yetta", Albert Edwards.

• I began to fear, when I saw what had occurred, that I must give up all hopes of finding the desk of which I was in search. "Hurricane Hurry", W.H.G. Kingston.