desk

/dɛsk/noun

A piece of furniture with a flat top (in earlier times often a sloping one), used for writing, reading, or working.

Example sentence

“She cleared her desk before starting on the new project.”

Shows up in compounds like front desk and help desk. A 'desk job' implies office work, sometimes dismissively.

Related words

staplerA small tool that fastens sheets of paper together by pushing a bent metal staple through them.cubicleA small enclosed section of a larger room, often serving as an individual workspace in an office.printerA machine, typically connected to a computer, that puts text or pictures onto paper; also a similar device that builds three-dimensional objects.headquartersThe main office from which an organization is run.photocopierA machine that makes copies of documents by photographing them through a glass plate and printing the duplicates.branchA woody limb that grows out from a tree's trunk and often splits into smaller parts.