table mountn.1
/ˈteɪbl maʊnt/, U.S. /ˈteɪbəl ˌmaʊnt/ A support or stand that can be placed on or fixed on to a table.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports
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1923 U.S. Patent.1,443,789 1/1 Certain new and useful improvements in table mounts for metal and wood working machines.
1967 Jrnl. Colloid & Inferface Sci. 25 341/2 Samples undergoing measurement were located in a closed chamber fixed to a universal table mount.
2007 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 14 Mar. t4 An optional table mount in case you want to fix it to a tabletop rather than hold it on your lap.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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