Meanings (ES + gloss)
carpeta • escribanía • escritorio • mesabanco • pupitre • secreter
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 (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
sección
A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
the city desk, the sports desk
the options desk, the equities desk
Phrases
Carlton House deskGovernor Winthrop deskResolute deskWinthrop deskal deskocash deskcashier's deskcheckout deskcity deskcopy deskdesk blotterdesk caddydesk calendardesk chairdesk checkdesk dictionarydesk drawerdesk dropdesk fandesk jobdesk jockeydesk killerdesk lampdesk murdererdesk organiserdesk organizerdesk paddesk pilotdesk potatodesk ragedesk rejectiondesk sergeantdesk tidydesk workdeskbanddeskbookdeskbounddeskercisedeskfastdeskful
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