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▸ noun:  A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
▸ noun:  A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.
▸ verb:  (transitive, journalism) To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
▸ noun:  Short for mixing desk. [Synonym of mixing console]

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