different between deks vs desk

English

Noun

deks

1. plural of dek

Anagrams

• KEDs, desk, keds, sked

English

Etymology

From Middle English deske, desque, from Medieval Latin desca, modified from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, disc, discus, dish, and disk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?sk/

Noun

desk (plural desks)

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.

   the city desk

   the sports desk

4. Short for mixing desk.
   • 2009, Rick Snoman, Dance Music Manual: Tools, Toys and Techniques (page 69)

     Each aux out is connected to an effects unit and the signal is then returned into the desk.

Hypernyms

• furniture

Coordinate terms

• chair

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: deasc
• ? Welsh: desg

Translations

Verb

desk (third-person singular simple present desks, present participle desking, simple past and past participle desked)

1. (transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.

Anagrams

• KEDs, deks, keds, sked

Middle English

Adjective

desk

1. Alternative form of dosk