| n. | 1. | A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. 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 preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession." | |
| v. t. | 1. | To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. |
| Noun | 1. | desk - a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments |