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   desk

   /desk/

   noun

   • 1. a piece of furniture with a flat or sloped surface and typically with drawers, at which one can read, write, or do other work.
   • ▪ a position in an orchestra at which two players share a music stand: "an extra desk of first and second violins"
   • ▪ a counter in a hotel, bank, or airport at which a customer may check in or obtain information: "the reception desk"
   • ▪ a specified section of a news organization, especially a newspaper: "he landed a job on the sports desk"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin desca, probably based on Provençal desca ‘basket’ or Italian desco ‘table, butcher's block’, both based on Latin discus (see discus).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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