desk

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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 [[writer]]s and [[reader]]s. 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 [[preach]]ed; 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.
4. {{ellipsis of|en|mixing desk}}.
5. A [[station]] for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To shut up, as in a desk; to [[treasure]]. {{rfex|en}}
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[equip]] with a desk or desks.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|journalism}} To [[reject]] (an [[article]] submitted to a [[newspaper]] or [[academic]] [[journal]] etc.) on initial [[receipt]], without [[review]]ing it further.

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