atw: Round-table?

Greetings All,

I'm struggling with the term: round-table.

Our style guide says we adhere to the Australian Oxford Dictionary.  My
interpretation of the entry for round-table is that the noun is round
table, but the adjective is round-table.  Can anyone confirm?  

It just looks wrong to me.  Can round table really be a noun anyway?
Isn't it always an adjective and people using it as a noun are just
trying to short cut the complete phrase round-table discussion?

Would be lovely if it was always just one word: roundtable.  Then I
wouldn't have to worry!

Please be gentle, I come from the generation that had no grammatical
instruction whatsoever.

Deborah :o)
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