desk

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desk englannista suomeksi

1. työpöytä, kirjoituspöytä

0. Substantiivi

1. työpöytä, kirjoituspöytä

1. Verbi

desk englanniksi

1. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

2. (RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)

3. 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 (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.

4. A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.

''the city desk'', ''the sports desk''

''the options desk'', ''the equities desk''

5. (short for)

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7. A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.

''The first four desks of cellos play separate parts, making a lush, Impressionist harmony.

8. (quote-book)at best a competent viola player occupies a first desk, so that he may play the occasional solos for that instrument; but I have even seen this function performed by the leaderof the first violins.

9. (quote-book)

10. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. (rfex)

11. To equip with a desk or desks.

12. To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.

13. (alt form)