Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Desk \Desk\, n. [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See
   {Dish}, and cf. {Disk}.]
   1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but
      often with flat top, for the use 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 (esp. in the
      United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for
      ``the clerical profession.''

Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Desking}.]
   To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Source : WordNet®

desk
     n : a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually
         drawers or other compartments