drawing table
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of drawing table
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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There are nearly 200 drawings in all, as well as a few objects, including the architect’s drawing table and the wooden model of the Notre-Dame spire, almost 4 feet tall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
That means going back to the drawing table and seeing what went wrong.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2021
A fair number of them had landed in and around suburban Fairfield County, Conn., where they formed a loose community that socialized in between long bouts of solitude at the drawing table.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2017
This attic is where I live really: every book I’ve ever done I’ve done up here on the same drawing table, which is collapsing a bit now.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2017
On Amherst Street, Gogol sits at his grandfather’s drawing table, poking through a tin full of dried-out nibs.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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