home Alana K. Davis desk [desk] –noun 1. an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc. 2. a frame for supporting a book from which the service is read in a church. 3. a pulpit. 4. the section of a large organization, as a governmental bureau or newspaper, having authority over and responsibility for particular operations within the organization: city desk; foreign desk. d a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z dangle death darkness deprivation deer desert desk destruction dif-doi decapitate dairy dead defeat