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copy desks

copy desks is the plural of copy desk.

Meaning of copy desk

Noun

copy desk (plural copy desks)

  1. The desk in a newspaper office where copyreading takes place.
  2. The staff responsible for editing copy.

Questions about copy desks

What is copy desks the plural of?
Copy desks is the plural of copy desk.

Words near copy desks in the dictionary

  1. copy cat
  2. copy cats
  3. copy constructor
  4. copy constructors
  5. copy desk
  6. copy desks
  7. copy down
  8. copy edit
  9. copy edited
  10. copy editing
  11. copy editor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: copy desks (page history and authors); copy desk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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