Basically, a trestle table is a plank set on two trestles.
Source: tatoeba (10641133)
Trestle
//ˈtɹɛsəl//
Synonyms for "trestle" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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5 entriesderived
6 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- магаре noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- подпора noun (a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge)
Catalan
1 entries- cavallet noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Danish
1 entries- buk noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
Dutch
1 entries- schraag noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
Finnish
3 entries- pukki noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- pukki noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
- pukki noun (a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge)
French
2 entries- tréteau noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- tréteau noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Galician
1 entries- cabalete noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
German
4 entries- Arbeitsbock noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- Auflagebock noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- Auflagebock noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
- Auflagegestell noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Italian
4 entries- capra noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- capra noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
- cavalletto noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- cavalletto noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Japanese
4 entries- 架台 noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- 架台 noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
- 架台 noun (a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge)
- 脚立 noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
Latin
1 entries- vāra noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
Middle English
4 entries- trest noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- trest noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
- trestel noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- trestel noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Māori
1 entries- kaupae noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سهپا noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- سهپا noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Steilozh noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
- Steilozh noun (a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge)
Portuguese
1 entries- cavalete noun (a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge)
Russian
1 entries- ко́злы noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sorchan noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
- sorchan noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Spanish
1 entries- caballete noun (a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs)
Swedish
1 entries- bock noun (a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The train used the long trestle to get to the other side.
Source: tatoeba (12241381)
He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor.
Source: wiktionary
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