worktable
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈwɜrkˌteɪbəl/
:
mesa de trabajo
- I wove my way through the crowd of figures until I reached the worktable.
- sitting at a worktable
- long worktable
- kitchen worktable
Examples
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Darcy went back into the living room and walked over to the worktable.
Fiction book (1991) -
Teachers and researchers sat either in a circle of movable chair-desks or around a large worktable.
Academic text (2012) -
"I looked around at the glass walls, at the center worktable, at the computers."
Fiction book (1995) -
I had eight or nine on my worktable, each bottle elaborate and beautiful, I thought.
Fiction book (1996) -
From a drawer under the worktable, he took a small jar of what looked like dirt.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ellen tossed the bag onto the cluttered worktable and went into the bedroom.
Fiction book (1994) -
She left them on my dad's worktable in the garage.
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Lola peered at the object which was slowly taking shape on his worktable.
Fiction book (2001) -
Lucy deposited her basket, filled to overflowing, on a long worktable.
Fiction book (2002) -
Ellen tossed the bag onto the cluttered worktable and went into the bedroom.
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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3.2
A strong table used for making or fixing things
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2.7
A flat surface like a table or countertop where you do work
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2.3
A table for doing a particular job, like sewing or woodwork
A flat board that gives a stable surface for work with your hands
A flat board that you use as a surface for sewing, carving, or other crafts
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Worktable is simply the words work ('task' or 'job') and table ('flat surface' or 'piece of furniture') put together, so it originally names a table kept for doing tasks. So, a worktable is a table you use for a particular job, like sewing, drawing, or building things.