desk
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,134 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,295 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
desk in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The desk, wrenched away, hung by a single hinge.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I went quickly to my desk, unlocked it, and took out a photograph.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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His father's portrait stood on the desk, and a painting of his long-dead mother.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Slowly he bent his lithe form forward until he leaned far over the Reading Desk.
The Mark of the Beast · Sydney Watson · Chapter 1
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He was just then completing a brief inventory of all the papers found in the old desk.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1