bureaunoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbjʊə.rəʊ/us/ˈbjʊr.oʊ/plural bureaux US usually bureausbureau noun [ C ] (ORGANIZATION)
an organization or a business that collects or provides information:
Her disappearance was reported to the police department's Missing Persons Bureau.
mainly US a government organization:
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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UK politics: government departments & organizations
- agency
- Customs and Excise
- Downing Street
- executive
- FCO
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- interior
- lobby
- lower house
- MI5
- MI6
- ministry
- mod
- quango
- secret service
- secretariat
- State Department
- the CSA
- the diplomatic service
- the Treasury
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bureau noun [ C ] (FURNITURE)
UK a piece of furniture with a lid that opens to form a writing surface
US a chest of drawers
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Tables & desks
- bedside table
- bench
- benchtop
- card table
- coffee table
- counter
- desk
- desktop
- dressing table
- drop-leaf table
- high table
- kitchen counter
- leaf
- lectern
- table
- trestle
- trestle table
- vanity
- washstand
- work surface
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Furniture for storage