reading desk

1. 1.

   desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer

   Synonymslectern

   Broaderstand

Questions about reading desk

What does reading desk mean?

reading desk means "desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer".

What is another word for reading desk?

Close synonyms include lectern. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reading desk a common word?

reading desk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.