Desk | Mean of desk in English Dictionary

/ˈdɛsk/

• Noun
• a piece of furniture that is like a table and often has drawers
1. a cluttered desk
2. a classroom with desks arranged in rows
3. I'm sorry I missed your call. I've been away from my desk.
4. a desk lamp/calendar/chair
5. She left her desk job [=the job that she did while sitting at a desk] to become a farmer.
• a place where people can get information or be served at an office, a hotel, etc.
1. an information desk at an airport
2. We will ask for directions to the restaurant at the front desk.
3. We went to the reception desk to check into our room.
• the part of a company or organization that deals with a particular subject
1. the television network's financial/foreign desk
2. the newspaper's sports desk
3. the news desk [=the office where news is gathered to be reported in a newspaper, on television, etc.]