Search Result for "reading_desk":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer;
[syn: lectern, reading desk]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. [1913 Webster] 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. [1913 Webster] Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader. Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reading desk n 1: desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, reading desk]