bureau
[noun]
Synonyms:
- office, agency, branch, department, division, service
- desk, writing desk

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bu‧reau /ˈbjʊərəʊ $ ˈbjʊroʊ/ noun (plural bureaus or bureaux /-rəʊz $ -roʊz/) [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: 'desk, cloth covering for desks', from Old French burel 'woolen cloth', from Latin burra 'wool, rough cloth']

1. an office or organization that collects or provides information:
an employment bureau
the Citizens Advice Bureau

2. a government department or a part of a government department in the US:
the Federal Bureau of Investigation

3. an office of a company or organization that has its main office somewhere else:
the London bureau of the Washington Post

4. British English a large desk or writing table

5. American English a piece of furniture with several drawers, used to keep clothes in Synonym : chest of drawers British English

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bureau
noun
ADJ. citizen's advice, employment, information, missing persons | government, press
VERB + BUREAU contact, go to
BUREAU + VERB deal with sth, handle sth The information bureau handles millions of enquiries each year.
BUREAU + NOUN staff
PREP. at a/the ~ You can get more information at your local citizen's advice bureau.
in a/the ~ She had a friend in the press bureau.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲