Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picture desk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: pic-ture desk
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The photography department of a newspaper.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

picture desks (plural)

Questions

What does picture desk mean?: The photography department of a newspaper.

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