noun
1 type of table
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge , large , massive
▪ executive
▪ small
▪ leather-topped , metal , wooden
▪ mahogany , oak , etc.
▪ antique
▪ empty
▪
The empty ~ suggested she had already gone home.
▪ cluttered , messy , untidy ( esp. BrE )
▪ writing
▪ computer
▪ office , school
VERB + DESK
▪ sit at
▪ get up from , leave
▪
He got up from his ~ and went to the window.
▪ clean , clean out , clear
▪
My ~ gets very cluttered if I don't clear it at the end of each day.
▪ arrive on , cross , hit , land on
▪
A very strange request landed on my ~ this morning.
▪ cover , litter
▪
Papers littered the ~ and the floor.
DESK + NOUN
▪ drawer , top
▪ calendar ( esp. AmE ), diary ( BrE )
▪ chair , lamp , phone
▪ space
▪
a computer which takes up less ~ space
▪ job
▪ jockey (= someone who works at a desk) ( AmE , informal )
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
He was sitting at his ~ working when we got home.
▪ behind a/the ~
▪
The manager sat frowning behind his ~ throughout the whole interview.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
I left the file on your ~.
2 place in a building where a service is provided
ADJECTIVE
▪ front , main , reception
▪
Leave your valuables at the reception ~.
▪ hotel
▪ cash ( BrE ), check-in , help , information , reference , registration , security , service , support ( esp. AmE ), trading
▪
She paid for the book at the cash ~.
▪
Staff experiencing problems with their computers should call the help ~.
▪ news
▪ anchor (= where a television presenter sits) ( AmE ), copy (= where news text is edited) ( AmE )
VERB + DESK
▪ call
▪
She called the front ~ to let them know that he would be arriving.
▪ man , run , work ( AmE )
▪
I worked the front ~ as one of my first jobs.
DESK + NOUN
▪ clerk ( AmE ), officer , staff
▪ editor
▪ duty
▪
They put me on ~ duty for a month.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the … ~
▪
There was a long wait at the check-in ~.
▪ on the … ~
▪
We asked the man on the information ~ for a map of the city.