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Definition: Reading Desk |
Reading DeskNoun1. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Reading DeskSynonym: lectern (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
School | Pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune. |
Temple | Chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum, jube; mourner's bench, mourner's seat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Reading Desk |
| English words defined with "reading desk": Lecturn. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This silence was seasoned with the Lives of the Saints, read in a loud voice from a little reading desk placed at the foot of a crucifix |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "reading desk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | këmbalkë (fin, stilt). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقرأ للترتيل, مقرأ. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | аналой (desk, lectern), пюпитър (music stand), пулт (desk). (various references) | |
French | pupitre, lutrin. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עמו" קריא" (lectern). (various references) | |
Hungarian | olvasóállvány (reading-desk). (various references) | |
Italian | leggio (lectern, music stand). (various references) | |
Manx | boayrd lhaih. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eadingray eskday.(various references) | |
Romanian | pupitru (desk, lectern, stand). (various references) | |
Russian | пюпитр (easel, lectern, music stand, music-rack, reading-desk). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | naslon za čitanje (lectern). (various references) | |
Spanish | atril (bookrest, lectern, music stand, music-rack). (various references) | |
Swedish | läspulpet (lectern). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | аналой (lectern, prie-dieu), пюпітр (bookrest, book-rest, music-rack, writing-board). (various references) | |
Welsh | darllenfa (lectern, reading room). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-g-i-k-n-r-s" | |
-2 letters: deraigned, disagreed, gesneriad, grandkids. | |
-3 letters: anergies, arsenide, daikered, dangered, darkened, deerskin, degrades, deraigns, deranged, deranges, designed, designer, disagree, dreading, energids, engirded, gandered, gardened, gesneria, gradines, grandees, grandkid, grenades, kindreds, kneaders, nearside, readding, readings, redesign, reedings, regained, resigned, sneakier. | |
-4 letters: angered, aniseed, daikers, danders, dandier, dandies, dangers, darings, darkens, darking, deadens, deaired, dearies, deeding. | |
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