card table

noun

: a table designed for playing cards

especially : a square table with folding legs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

That includes a gourmet kitchen with Viking appliances so guests can cook together; a game room for kids (and kids at heart) with air hockey, a card table, and an Xbox; and a bar for the adults in a separate room. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023

At first, their office was furnished with a card table and cardboard file cabinets. —James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2022

One Sunday afternoon, a few decades back, Whitney Houston walked across the grass of Tampa Bay Stadium, stepped on to a small stage the size of a card table, and set a new standard for the way the American national anthem is performed. —Katie Donbavand, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2022

Akhmetov’s first real success was at the card table. —Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022

Shaun Aguano sat on a folding chair behind a card table in a cramped room in the bowels of Arizona Stadium, addressing the media as is customary after a game. —Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2022

As a child, she wasn’t allowed into the kitchen, where a wood-burning stove spat flames and ash under a wok the size of a card table. —Tejal Rao, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022

Rounding it all off is the Games Room in the attic, complete with a card table and a turret ceiling. —Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2022

With a card table, a few chairs, some cardboard file cabinets, and one client—Nike. —oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

card table

noun

: a table designed for playing cards

especially : a square table with folding legs