gasbord

English translation: tiled kitchen table

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Danish term or phrase:gasbord
English translation:tiled kitchen table
Entered by: anders1956

17:31 Jun 30, 2020
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Furniture / Household Appliances / Detective thriller, Danish to English
Danish term or phrase: gasbord
Novel refers to a "gasbord" (kind of table).
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anders1956
United States
tiled kitchen table
Explanation:
A gasbord was designed to support an enamel frame with one or two gas burners, and to stand up to hot pans being lifted from the burner and placed beside it on the table top.

The table consisted of a metal frame and usually a ceramic tiled top.
There was often an open shelf below the table top for storing pans etc. when they were not in use. The gas burner was entirely separate, simply connected to the gas supply by a rubber tube, so the tables can be used in many ways once the burner is removed.

Being very solid and impervious to water, they are good as stands for large pot plants or other heavy-duty purposes.
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 09:09
Grading comment
This works in this context.
Thank you!
REA / Chicago
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1tiled kitchen table
Christine Andersen
2buffet table
liz askew
Summary of reference entries provided
Gasbord
Michele Fauble
gasbordet
andres-larsen

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buffet table


Explanation:
https://www.wayfair.co.uk/keyword.php?keyword=sideboard tabl...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michele Fauble: It was a table for placing a gas cooker on.
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tiled kitchen table


Explanation:
A gasbord was designed to support an enamel frame with one or two gas burners, and to stand up to hot pans being lifted from the burner and placed beside it on the table top.

The table consisted of a metal frame and usually a ceramic tiled top.
There was often an open shelf below the table top for storing pans etc. when they were not in use. The gas burner was entirely separate, simply connected to the gas supply by a rubber tube, so the tables can be used in many ways once the burner is removed.

Being very solid and impervious to water, they are good as stands for large pot plants or other heavy-duty purposes.


Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
This works in this context.
Thank you!
REA / Chicago

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dana Sackett Lössl: This was the original use, although today they are often used decoratively for plants etc. - even outdoors, so I suppose it all depends on the novel's setting and year. You could also consider "stand" instead of table.
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Reference comments


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Reference: Gasbord

Reference information:
Gas-bord, et. mindre (jærn)bord, hvorpaa gasapparater anbringes (i køkkener); ogs.: d. s. s. -komfur. VortHj.IV2.199.
https://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=gasbord

Michele Fauble
United States
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Reference: gasbordet

Reference information:
gasbord | lex.dk – Den Store Danske
denstoredanske.lex.dk › gasbord

Gasbord, mindre jernbord ofte beklædt med kakler, oprindeligt til brug i køkkenet. Bordet er som regel forsynet med en underliggende hylde til henstilling samt kroge eller stænger til viskestykker, grydelapper m.m. På gasbordet anbragtes ét til flere mobile gasapparater. Senere erstattedes gasbordet ofte af gaskomfuret.

I dag er de oprindelige gasborde med kakler eftertragtede som stillebensbord, sengebord, alternativt barskab, entrébord, anretterbord eller plantebord i haven. Derfor købes gasborde ofte nyproducerede, men i en tro kopi af de oprindelige borde.

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Gasbord - Europeana
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Sep 11, 2015 - Gasbord / komfur til madlavning.

Selve bordpladen er med fliser. Under bordpladen er der 3 skabe til gryder og pander. Gasrøret kan påmonteres 4 gasblus, hvoraf det ene er til 2 blus.

andres-larsen
Venezuela
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