drop-leaf

1. 1.

   a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket

   Broaderleaf

   Part ofdrop-leaf table

Questions about drop-leaf

What does drop-leaf mean?

drop-leaf means "a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket".

How many syllables are in drop-leaf?

drop-leaf has 3 syllables: dro-p-le-af. The stress falls on "dro".

Is drop-leaf a common word?

drop-leaf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.