Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A table designed for a specific kind of task or activity, such as needlework or the graphic arts.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A table or stand containing small drawers, or, in some cases, a receptacle like a work-box covered by a movable top, the whole intended for the use of women engaged in sewing. A common form of work table of the last century and later had a large bag hanging from, and forming the bottom of, the lowermost drawer, or, in other words, a large work-bag made accessible by pulling out the under drawer.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a table designed for a particular task
- n. a table designed for a particular task
Examples
“The argenteria was then replaced by the bancus, a raised surface that resembled the worktable used by money changers in Greek-speaking Byzantium.”
“An artist falls asleep at his worktable, and dreams of flying people who have books growing out of their shoulder blades as wings.”
“I have a photograph of my Great Aunt Dulcie on my worktable.”
“Inside, in her office, Liza arranged the prints on the worktable and looked for images in light and shadow.”
“Rubin, 57, keeps a selection of old fixtures laid out in a row on a worktable, as if waiting to be repaired.”
“I have watched her around the kitchen worktable with groups of children, as her warmth and humor infuse each task with respect for the food, the process and the child.”
“A newspaper lays crumpled on the worktable, open to a page, damp with age, wrinkled like old skin.”
“There are paint cans and open tins of varnish near a barren worktable.”
“The partially sealed room next to the worktable allows no light.”
“There's a big sinister lump of black tulle on their worktable.”
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