How to pronounce desk?
This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of desk by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of desk through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.
IPA Transcription of desk is /dˈɛsk/.
Definition of desk according to Wiktionary:
desk can be a noun or a verb
As a noun desk can mean:
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. 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.
3. A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.
As a verb desk can mean:
1. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
2. To equip with a desk or desks.
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