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dressing table
noun
: a table often fitted with drawers and a mirror in front of which one sits while dressing and grooming oneself
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With ample storage space and a sleek design, this dressing table is a stylish addition to any bedroom or dressing area.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
Or, meander into your cozy bedroom with taupe woven walls, rich cream carpets, canal prints, cherry blossom branches, and a white cotton king-sized bed with an adjoining dressing room dressed with swirling mirrors, dark oak wardrobes, and a mustard leather armchair sat at a little dressing table.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Sykes’s Chippendale dressing table, a gift from her grandmother.
—Plum Sykes, Vogue, 2 May 2024
The paint job gave the tool drawer a clean surface to hold makeup products and jewelry items that are best kept within reach at a dressing table.
—Clare Miers, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1668, in the meaning defined above
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“Dressing table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dressing%20table. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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dressing table
noun
: a table often with drawers and a mirror in front of which one sits while dressing and grooming oneself
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