Meanings
nounroll-top desk (plural roll-top desks)
plural roll-top desks · alternative rolltop desk
- A desk having a flexible top, made of parallel slats, that rolls away when not needed.
he bought the roll-top desk and sat at it to do the accounts once a week
2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 393
Translations
Japanese ロールトップデスク
- ロールトップデスク (rōrutoppudesuku)desk having a flexible top that rolls away
Swedish jalusiskrivbord
- jalusiskrivborddesk having a flexible top that rolls away
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