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picture desk

picture desk noun: the photography department of a newspaper.

Noun

picture desk (plural picture desks)

  1. The photography department of a newspaper.
    • So he was being controlled through Jamaica, through a taciturn man who was head of the picture desk on the Daily Gleaner, the famous newspaper of the Caribbean.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 10

Forms of picture desk

pluralpicture desks

Questions about picture desk

What does picture desk mean?
Picture desk means the photography department of a newspaper.
What part of speech is picture desk?
Picture desk is a noun.
What is the plural of picture desk?
The plural of picture desk is picture desks.

Words near picture desk in the dictionary

  1. picture brides
  2. picture card
  3. picture cards
  4. picture day
  5. picture days
  6. picture desk
  7. picture desks
  8. picture dictionaries
  9. picture dictionary
  10. picture disc
  11. picture discs

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