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picture desks

picture desks is the plural of picture desk.

Meaning of picture desk

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

Questions about picture desks

What is picture desks the plural of?
Picture desks is the plural of picture desk.

Words near picture desks in the dictionary

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

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