Desk

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

desk
    n 1: a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually
         drawers or other compartments

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Desk \Desk\, n. [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See
   {Dish}, and cf. {Disk}.]
   1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but
      often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It
      often has a drawer or repository underneath.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. 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 (esp. in the
      United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for
      "the clerical profession."
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Desking}.]
   To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "desk":
      agency, ambo, atelier, bar, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop,
      bench, board, buffet, butcher shop, company, concern, corporation,
      counter, escritoire, establishment, facility, firm, house,
      installation, institution, lectern, loft, organization, parlor,
      pulpit, reading desk, rostrum, secretaire, secretary, shop, stand,
      studio, sweatshop, table, work site, work space, workbench,
      workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable,
      writing table