desk
/desk/
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Translation
A table where you sit to write, read, or work, often with drawers.
Word origin
From Latin desca, a form of discus meaning a flat disc or board, later a writing table.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- desca
Grammar
Gender
Pluraldesks
Examples
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"Desk" is the table you work or write at.
classroom thirty .
"Desks" is the plural, meaning more than one desk.
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Here "desk" is the flat table he keeps his things on.
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