Desk

Table of contents

1 Noun 2 Transitive verb 3 Etymology 4 Translations

Noun

1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use 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 (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.

Transitive verb

To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Etymology

From Old English deske, which is also the root of dish and disk.

Translations

1. Hebrew - שולחן m
2. German - Schreibtisch
3. Polish - biurko n
4. Spanish - escritorio