Engels Woord van de dag

desk

bureau

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

desk

1. bureau, schrijftafel

Engels > Engels

desk

1. n. 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. n. 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.

3. n. A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.

city desk

4. v. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Nederlands > Engels

bureau

1. n-n. (furniture) desk

2. n-n. (building) office, office building (especially office buildings for writing and publishing journalism and literature, or the police station as a building)

3. n-n. (non-commercial) agency (government organisation, such as a police station: "politiebureau"; a scientific or humanities research institute: "onderzoeksbureau"; political party think tank: "wetenschapp

4. n-n. (commercial) company (in design, engineering, journalism, communications, marketing, market/opinion research), agency (doing business for another, such as an advertising agency: "reclamebureau"; a new