writing desk
noun
: a desk that often has a sloping top for writing on
also
: a portable case that contains writing materials and has a surface for writing
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Objects—an old writing desk, a painting, an ice pick—become repositories for intimacies.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
All feature amenities like REN toiletries and iPod docks, while tubs, Kohler multi-jet showers, furnished terraces, four-poster beds, mahogany writing desks, and other unique touches.
—Sandra Ramani, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
From the window above his writing desk in Samoa, Stevenson could see the summit of Mount Vaea: a steep 1,500 foot mountain overlooking the Pacific, running with streams and thickly covered with tropical forest.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
Put a writing desk in a small entryway, along with a pair of stools, so the piece can be a desk or a foyer table.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
All feature amenities like REN toiletries and iPod docks, while tubs, Kohler multi-jet showers, furnished terraces, four-poster beds, mahogany writing desks, and other unique touches.
—Sandra Ramani, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
From the window above his writing desk in Samoa, Stevenson could see the summit of Mount Vaea: a steep 1,500 foot mountain overlooking the Pacific, running with streams and thickly covered with tropical forest.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
Put a writing desk in a small entryway, along with a pair of stools, so the piece can be a desk or a foyer table.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for writing desk
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“Writing desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writing%20desk. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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