desktop

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛsktɒp/
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/ˈdɛsktɒp/ · [ˈdɛskˌtɔp] · [ˈdɛskˌtɒp](UK) · [ˈdɛskˌtɑp](US)

Definition of desktop

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The top surface of a desk.
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noun

  1. The top surface of a desk.
  2. A desktop computer.
    “Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.”
  3. A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
  4. The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
    “I installed a new application and it added its icon to my desktop.”
    “Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […]”
  5. The wallpaper of this interface.
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
  2. (not-comparable)Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
    “desktop browser”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From desk + top.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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