drafting table
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdræftɪŋ ˈteɪbəl/
- Specialized
:
mesa de dibujo
- The architect adjusted the height of her drafting table to get a better angle for her work.
- sitting at the drafting table
- standing at the drafting table
OK, one was my drafting table and desk where I drew all the time.
- OK, one was my drafting table and desk where I drew all the time.
Examples
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Back in the office, they would have to hand-plot these readings on a drafting table.
Academic text (2003) -
Whale stands at a drafting table, sharpening a pencil.
Fiction book (1998) -
Two large drafting tables were set up against one wall.
Fiction book (1990) -
Owen looked back at his drafting table.
Fiction book (1994) -
A large sheet of graph paper is whipped down on top of a drafting table.
Fiction book (1994) -
Every morning, when you go there, you enter a big room with three glass-topped drafting tables along one wall, a fourth on the opposite side.
Fiction book (2002) -
Are you still liking this drafting table, kiddo?
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The foreman is at one end, his thick body bent over a makeshift drafting table, studying prints.
Fiction book (1995) -
Conway was sitting at his drafting table, stirring non-dairy creamer into his second cup of coffee of the day when Jackman called.
Fiction book (1996) -
In order to be actively involved and benefit from the program, the student needs a drafting table that adjusts to the height of the wheelchair or some other means of accessing computerized and drafting equipment.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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1.0
A flat-topped piece of furniture with legs used for eating or working
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2.1
The flat top of a table where you put things
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3.1
A smooth flat board you put paper on to make pictures or plans
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3.6
A table with a surface that can be tilted for drawing
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3.3
A desk with a flat top used for writing and often with drawers
A smooth flat board that people use for drawing building plans
How Adjustable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'drafting' (the activity of producing technical plans) + 'table' (a work surface) yields a table used for drafting. This noun–noun combination follows ordinary English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun drafting table comes from the special table used by people who draw building plans. The word drafting means 'drawing plans' and the tilting table helped make straight, careful lines, so the phrase now means 'a large table with an adjustable top'.