worktable

[ wurk-tey-buhl ]

noun

1. a table with a work surface, often with drawers.

worktable

/ ˈwɜːkˌteɪbəl /

noun

1. 1. any table at which writing, sewing, or other work may be done
   2. (in English cabinetwork) a small elegant table fitted with sewing accessories

Word History and Origins

Origin of worktable¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; work + table

Example Sentences

They went back into the Maintenance Section, and Vaneski spread the suit out on the worktable.

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He appears to have come to his worktable inevitably with his mind full of the compositions he had been studying.

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Lorilleux, in front of his worktable, was perspiring with the warmth as he soldered the links of a chain together.

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Daoud, Lorenzo, and Sophia sat in a semicircle across from Ugolini's worktable.

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On a well-scrubbed worktable place a clean dish towel, and on this put the utensils and the bottles right side up.

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