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bureaux plats

bureaux plats is the plural of bureau plat.

Meaning of bureau plat

Noun

bureau plat (plural bureaux plats)

  1. A flat writing desk.
    • Small feminized versions of the bureau plat reinforce rather than call into question the masculinity of the form. The reduced size, rounded corners, and porcelain plaques mounted on the bureau plat shown in figure 6.28 make it for a man’s office furniture while bringing it into stylistic conformity...2009, Dena Goodman, Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, Ithaca, N.Y.; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 230

Questions about bureaux plats

What is bureaux plats the plural of?
Bureaux plats is the plural of bureau plat.

Words near bureaux plats in the dictionary

  1. bureausis
  2. bureautic
  3. bureautics
  4. bureaux
  5. bureaux de change
  6. bureaux plats
  7. Bureen
  8. Burehifasdhoo
  9. burek
  10. bureks
  11. burel

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