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LECTERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lectern mean?
• LECTERN (noun)
The noun LECTERN has 1 sense:
1. desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
Familiarity information: LECTERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
lectern; reading desk
Hypernyms ("lectern" is a kind of...):
stand (a small table for holding articles of various kinds)
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