tabletop

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Formtank's 3Fold desk is punched and formed from a single cut sheet of steel (the tabletop is a separate piece).

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  1. noun The flat surface of a table.
  2. adjective Made or designed for use on the top of a table: a tabletop copier; tabletop art.

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  • Then have the sucker try to roll the cue ball underneath the stick, which they won't be able to do - the space between the stick and the tabletop is too small.
  • At times he was climbing sheer stone where there were almost no footholds The crest of the cliff was like a tabletop, furred with spruce. —  072 - The Yellow Cloud
  • On the scarred tabletop was my usual glass of Arundel Cane Rum. —  Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March-April 2005
  • Instead, the police discovered a room where shouting bettors crowded around a tabletop arena or stood on chairs in back with rented binoculars to watch pair after pair of virulent scorpions fight to the death. —  AHMM,Jan-Feb2006
  • A pretty cloth would hide the scarred tabletop, and cushions placed on the hard benches would make sitting more comfortable. —  Garwood, Julie - The Wedding
 

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