escritoire
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌɛskrɪˈtwɛr/
- Archaic
:
escritorio
- He reached out and touched the escritoire's finish.
Examples
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Inside the room were stacks and stacks of paper, and in one corner, an escritoire.
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All right, there it is, writ large in legal escritoire.
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Joan rifles through the drawers of a small escritoire against the back wall of the bedroom.
Fiction book (1992) -
At this point, Brahms leaned over and pulled open the drawer of a cherry-wood escritoire.
Fiction book (1997) -
With color high on her cheekbones, she stalked to a large oak escritoire, unlocked the bottom drawer, and thrust the manuscript inside.
Fiction book (1990) -
Joan rifles through the drawers of a small escritoire against the back wall of the bedroom.
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He reached out and touched the escritoire's finish.
Synonyms
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7.2
A desk with a top that folds down and drawers for papers
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2.3
A desk with a flat surface and small drawers for writing by hand
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9.9
A small decorative desk with a sloping top and drawers used for writing
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3.3
A desk with a flat top used for writing and often with drawers
A small desk with a top that folds down and drawers for papers
How Useful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word escritoire comes from French and the root scrib- which means 'to write', the same root you see in scribe and script. So an escritoire is a desk for 'writing' and keeping letters and papers.