drawing table
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈdrɔɪŋ ˈteɪbəl/
:
mesa de dibujo
- The artist adjusted the angle of his drawing table to get a better view of his work.
- easels and drawing table
- drawing table in my office
- large drawing table
Examples
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Now the man attempts, unwisely, to cross the short distance from his drawing table to a desk.
Blog text (25) -
Holden looks up from his drawing table, shocked.
Fiction book (2001) -
The hours she had spent buying equipment and setting up the drawing table had disconcerted her.
Fiction book (1994) -
Holden goes to his drawing table and takes off his coat.
Fiction book (1997) -
What a pity she lives so far away in New York, he thought, tapping his pencil on the drawing table.
Fiction book (1996) -
"She got up and went to her drawing table, found a piece of light card that was just the right size, and began to sketch and write something on it, muttering to herself.
Fiction book (1999) -
When she finished an hour later, having swept slowly and carefully, he glanced up from his drawing table and looked at her over his bifocals.
Fiction book (1995) -
When he bent over his drawing table, Deborah could almost see the dotted lines and small print labeling the regions of his brain.
Fiction book (1995) -
He sauntered across the room, a lean, cool study in denim and leather, and planted himself in front of my drawing table.
Fiction book (1993) -
A man with a white hard hat was seated at a drawing table, irritably flipping through a messy pile of blueprints, a look of quiet exasperation visible even on the profile of his heavily bearded face.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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3.1
A smooth flat board you put paper on to make pictures or plans
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4.2
A large table with an adjustable top that you use for drawing plans
A smooth flat board that people use for drawing building plans
How Adjustable
- Specialized
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4.2
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3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a table used for drawing' is directly and compositionally derived from 'drawing' (making pictures) modifying 'table' (a flat surface for working), so a learner who knows both words can infer the function. Noun–noun compounds like this are common and cross-linguistically transparent, making the phrase immediately comprehensible at B1.
Etymology
The compound noun drawing table comes from the simple idea of a drawing surface built into a table: its top can tilt so an artist can 'draw' more easily. So, the name means 'a table with an adjustable surface for drawing'.