drop-leaf table

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   a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface

   Broadertable

   Narrowergateleg table

   Partsdrop-leaf

Questions about drop-leaf table

What does drop-leaf table mean?

drop-leaf table means "a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface".

Is drop-leaf table a common word?

drop-leaf table 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.