conference table
noun1
A large piece of furniture designed for group meetings and discussions.
- Eight o'clock that night found Inspector Moran, Sergeant Heath, Markham, Vance, and me seated about a small conference-table in one of the Stuyvesant Club's private rooms.1928, S. S. Van Dine, The Greene Murder Case, A Philo Vance Story, page 231:
- It's the usual tactic, isn't it? Divide and rule. Take a few shop stewards, invite them upstairs, sit them round the conference table, make them feel important.2001, Jonathan Coe, The Rotters' Club, page 22:
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- The firm's answer to this is smart conference tables. Smart conference tables have electrical wiring and voice/data connections.2005, Suzette S. Schultz, Jon S. Schultz, The Complete Guide to Designing Your Law Office, page 105: