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sand table
noun
- a table with raised edges holding sand for children to play with.
- Military. a table holding a scale model of a tract of land, including trees, streams, buildings, etc., made of hardened sand, used for training in gunnery or tactics.
sand table
noun
- military a surface on which sand can be modelled into a relief map on which to demonstrate tactics
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Origin of sand table1
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The modeling of animals or people for the sand table is full of interest for the younger children.
While the assembled scientists watched it, slowly the line traced across the sand table-top changed direction.
Place small shells along little paths in sand-table, sometimes with concave side up and vice versa.
Map drawing: Plans of plots and of whole garden and grounds, represented on sand-table, paper, or black-board.
A sand table should be considered one of the indispensable furnishings of every schoolroom.
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