drop-leaf
- noun
- /ˈdrɒp liːf/
:
hoja abatible
- The drop-leaf table can easily be expanded on both sides to accommodate more guests.
- drop-leaf table
Examples
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For small apartments, a drop-leaf kitchen table is a practical choice that maximizes surface area.
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You see bookshelves, a drop-leaf desk by the window, a fern in a brass-studded pot, and a fire.
Fiction book (1996) -
Of course it was an heirloom; it had belonged to her mother's mother, a burnished mahogany drop-leaf built in York in 1844.
Fiction book (2001) -
But it was wartime, and the pay was so poor that Mother had to sell off some of our fine old furniture: the applewood safe, the drop-leaf table from the hall, Grandmother's massive walnut four-poster; the rooms in the house grew larger.
Fiction book (1993) -
When not in use, the drop-leaf can be folded down to save space in the dining room.
Synonyms
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8.1
A hinged or removable flat section like a table extension
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drop-leaf is made of drop and leaf, where leaf once meant a flat board or a page and drop means 'to let fall' or 'hang down'. So a drop-leaf is a board that you can lift to make a table bigger and drop down to hang and save space.