(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a table, often with drawers, which you sit at to write or work.
N-COUNT
2.
The place in a hotel, hospital, airport, or other building where you check in or obtain information is referred to as a particular ~.
I spoke to the girl on the reception ~...
N-SING: usu supp N
3.
A particular department of a broadcasting company, or of a newspaper or magazine company, can be referred to as a particular ~.
Over now to Simon Ingram at the sports ~.
N-SING: supp N