roll-top desk

See also: rolltop desk

English

A roll-top desk

Alternative forms

• rolltop desk

Pronunciation

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Noun

roll-top desk (plural roll-top desks)

1. A desk having a flexible top, made of parallel slats, that rolls away when not needed.
   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 393:

     he bought the roll-top desk and sat at it to do the accounts once a week

Translations

desk having a flexible top that rolls away

• Japanese: ロールトップデスク (rōrutoppudesuku)
• Swedish: jalusiskrivbord n