desk
US /dɛsk/
Definition
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Please leave the signed forms on my desk before you go.
Synonyms
- workstationa desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer
Collocations
- Easy sit at the deskto sit at the desk, meaning to be seated
- Medium front desk clerk on dutyto front desk clerk on duty, meaning to be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- Hard head the commodity trading deskto head the commodity trading desk, meaning to to go or travel towards
- Very Hard hot-desking policy introduced in officea collocation phrase: hot-desking policy introduced in office
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.