side table

noun

: a table designed to be placed against a wall

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This porch has a bold turquoise and chartreuse color scheme carried out in the door, the whimsical side table and accessories, the doormat, and the flowers and foliage in the planters and the foundation plantings. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025 The side tables were designed by Umberto Bellardi Ricci. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 31 Dec. 2024 Set it on a desk or side table, tee up your favorite playlist using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and enjoy 3D spatial technology that envelopes you in rich sound. Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024 The ones on sleds congregated on the side table in the dining room, which had a surface of snow-like white marble, and the ones lugging sacks occupied the living room coffee table, as though trudging down from the North Pole. Andrew Solomon, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for side table 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of side table was circa 1500

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“Side table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20table. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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