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Another word for bureau

Noun

  1. An office of division

    2. See also:

    office

    department

    committee

  2. Chest of drawers

    3. See also:

    furniture

    chest

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Sentence Examples

  • Cynthia was standing at her bureau for a last minute comb of her hair.

  • He placed the bone atop Cynthia's jewelry box on their bureau and climbed into bed.

  • In 1868 the International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations was constituted at Berne, and a convention was formulated by which a central office was appointed to collect and publish information and generally to promote the interests of international telegraphy.

  • He represented the United States Bureau of Education at the International Congress of Educators at Brussels in 1880.

  • Dean crossed to the bureau, picked up his hairbrush.

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