noun
a special table that you lie on to have a medical operation in a hospital :
The patient died on the operating table (= during an operation) .
noun
a special table that you lie on to have a medical operation in a hospital :
The patient died on the operating table (= during an operation) .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005