drawing table

collocation in English

meaningsofdrawingandtable

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drawing
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdrɔː.ɪŋ/us
/ˈdrɑː.ɪŋ/
the act of making a picture with a pencil or pen, or a picture made in ...
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table
noun
uk
/ˈteɪ.bəl/us
/ˈteɪ.bəl/
a flat surface, usually supported by four legs, used for putting ...
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(Definition ofdrawingandtablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The cells were reconstructed from the negatives projected on adrawingtable.
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The color slides were projected onto adrawingtableand the dendritic tree of the cell was reconstructed.
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I am going back to thedrawingtablenow!
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Adrawingtableprovides an angled work surface with lamps sometimes attached to the table.
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He usually sat at hisdrawingtableworking eight weeks ahead of the publication dates.
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Up he went againthis time above mydrawingtable.
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Adrawingtableis also sometimes called a mechanical desk because, for several centuries, most mechanical desks were drawing tables.
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When the working surface was extended at its full height, adrawingtablecould be used as a standing desk.
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Thedrawingtableused to be a frequent companion to a pedestal desk in a gentleman's study or private library, during the pre-industrial and early industrial era.
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According to his wife, he was working at hisdrawingtableat the time of his death.
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She works hard on her manga, to the point of falling asleep on thedrawingtable, but keeps her identity secret from those who know her in real life.
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It is a home on the water and an artist's lair all in one, complete with wooden surfaces, portholes, an engineer's bed, adrawingtable, and printmaking and etching implements.
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The library often housed, in addition, a round desk called a rent table and sometimes adrawingtable.
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Bushmiller started working each day about 2pm, and he often sat at hisdrawingtablewell into the early morning hours of the next day.
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His studio was the center of the house, with five drawing tables and sixteen skylights, though the house also contained a waterfall.
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