drop table

noun

1. a tabletop hinged to a wall, held in a horizontal position by a bracket while in use.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drop table¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

For the Crow’s Nest, this includes built-in bookcases and a Murphy bed with a drop table, for starters.

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From noon, premises that serve alcohol can drop table service.

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Depending on your table, the landing zone is either an additional table affixed to the end of your seating area or a removable cart, on which servers drop table settings, drinks, food and your check.

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“If I didn’t know him, I would have to drop table tennis,” Michel said of his coach.

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It was outfitted with Ishigami’s collection for the Italian company Living Divani, which includes a small family of wispy white chairs called, well, Family, and the Drop table, a wondrous object made of clear Perspex with an optically distorting, lens-shaped top.

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