cof·fee-ta·ble
ˈkȯ-fē-ˌtā-bəl 
ˈkä-
: of, relating to, or being an article (such as a book or magazine) intended for display (as on a coffee table)
: a low table customarily placed in front of a sofa
called also cocktail table
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Justin Gomez, ABC News, 22 May 2025
In the open floor space were Oriental carpets, black leather couches and club chairs, dozens of vintage amps, coffee-table books, and an old Schwinn Sting Ray with a banana seat.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
The home is arranged around a central living room, which includes a three-person sofa and a coffee table.
—Adam Williams
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2025
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Adjective
Her coffee-table memoir was released about a month prior to Election Day in 2024.
—Justin Gomez, ABC News, 22 May 2025
In the open floor space were Oriental carpets, black leather couches and club chairs, dozens of vintage amps, coffee-table books, and an old Schwinn Sting Ray with a banana seat.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Noun
The coffee table tome, its black cover embossed with gold lettering and shrouded in shrink wrap, includes reproductions of dozens of covers and pictorials and Flynt’s crusading columns against censorship that tackled issues including gay, transgender and women’s rights decades ago.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
The home is arranged around a central living room, which includes a three-person sofa and a coffee table.
—Adam Williams
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2025
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“Coffee-table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee-table. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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