desk
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A table that you sit at to write, read or work, usually with drawers in it.
She keeps her pens and notebooks in the top desk drawer.
My desk faces the window, so I get plenty of light.
Please leave the signed report on my desk before lunch.
After eight hours at a desk, my back really hurts.
Common collocations: office desk · desk drawer · sit at a desk · desk lamp · clear your desk · a desk job
Part of: The office, Furniture, School and teaching
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
A long counter in a hotel, airport or public building where a worker deals with people who come in.
Ask at the front desk if you need extra towels.
A long queue formed at the check-in desk that morning.
The information desk is just past the main entrance, on the left.
Common collocations: front desk · reception desk · information desk · help desk · check-in desk · enquiry desk
Part of: The office, Accommodation, Airports and stations
Forms
- plural
- desks