pingpong table
Noun: A specialized table designed and used for playing the sport of table tennis (also known as ping-pong). It is a rectangular surface, typically dark-colored with white lines marking the boundaries and a low net stretched across its center.
The term "pingpong table" refers specifically to the physical piece of equipment. It is a compound noun where "pingpong" acts as an adjective modifying "table." It is used to identify the object in contexts related to sports, recreation, or the location of the equipment.
- The community center just bought a new pingpong table.
- We need to clear the garage to set up the pingpong table.
- Do you know where I can find a pingpong table for sale?
- The term can be part of prepositional phrases describing location or purpose: , , .
- Table tennis table: A more formal synonym, often used in official or competitive contexts.
- Ping-pong table: An alternative spelling with a hyphen.
- Table tennis: The name of the sport itself.
- Net, paddle, ball: Key components used with a pingpong table.
- Table tennis table
"Pingpong table" is a fixed compound noun. The activity played on it is "table tennis" or informally "ping-pong." The word itself does not have phrasal verbs or idioms, but it is central to phrases like gather around the pingpong table or a game at the pingpong table.
- a table used for playing table tennis