WORKTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does worktable mean? 

• WORKTABLE (noun)
  The noun WORKTABLE has 1 sense:

1. a table designed for a particular task

  Familiarity information: WORKTABLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORKTABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A table designed for a particular task

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

work table; worktable

Hypernyms ("worktable" is a kind of...):

table (a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worktable"):

drafting table; drawing table (a worktable with adjustable top)

bench; work bench; workbench (a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic)

 Context examples 

The pleasantest room in the house was set apart for Beth, and in it was gathered everything that she most loved, flowers, pictures, her piano, the little worktable, and the beloved pussies.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mrs. March glanced at Meg, who was looking very pretty in her gingham morning gown, with the little curls blowing about her forehead, and very womanly, as she sat sewing at her little worktable, full of tidy white rolls, so unconscious of the thought in her mother's mind as she sewed and sang, while her fingers flew and her thoughts were busied with girlish fancies as innocent and fresh as the pansies in her belt, that Mrs. March smiled and was satisfied.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)