night table

noun

: a small bedside table or stand

Examples of night table in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On the night table in my room at The Dorian, an Autograph Collection hotel in downtown Calgary, Alberta, was a QR code with instructions on how to scan it. Carolyn B. Heller, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2024 The producers had equipped the place with fourteen microphones, which were embedded in everything from the ceiling to the night tables. Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024 The idea, said Lynn Siemer, director of design and operations at Blythe Interiors, is to get good quality foundation pieces — a bed, dresser and night table — that can evolve with them. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024 For the last 24 hours, though, the gun has been sitting on the night table. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for night table 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1772, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of night table was circa 1772

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“Night table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20table. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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