desk

noun

• 1a piece of furniture with a flat or sloping surface and typically with drawers, at which one can read, write, or do other work: he sat at his desk, reading reports [as modifier]:a desk job

• 2a counter in a hotel, bank, or airport at which a customer may check in or obtain information:the reception desk

• 3 [with modifier] a specified section of a newspaper or broadcasting organization:he landed a job on the sports desk

• 4 Music a position in an orchestra at which two players share a music stand:an extra desk of first and second violins