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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 lecturerplay

  Familiarity information: LECTERN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LECTERN (noun)


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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