REFECTORY TABLE Synonyms: 11 Similar Words

refectory table

noun

Definition of refectory table

as in coffee table

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Recent Examples of refectory table As many calories as this team burns, the menu here runs to a high-volume midday meal of proteins and starches served family-style at the refectory table in the back. — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022 The seven bedrooms are augmented by snugs and drawing rooms while a pantry with a refectory table provides breakfasts, as well as private lunches and dinners on request and minibars. — Sarah Turner, Forbes, 28 May 2021 The Hotel Charleston Cartagena was once a convent; today the refectory table at the entry holds a gigantic arrangement of heliotropes and birds-of-paradise. — Maureen Orth, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2013

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Place it on your coffee table with a candle and your remotes, and then tote it around with a round of martinis come pre-dinner happy hour.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
From coffee table hardcovers to memoirs, Parton’s books often gifted fans a peek behind her perfectly coiffed hairdo.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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Kara Weipz, board president of the nonprofit Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, said her organization had received no details about the new evidence that prompted the trial delay.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
At Hull’s railway station an hour or so later, a few Manchester United fans are scanning the departures board near Philip Larkin’s statue, which captures the late poet mid-stride.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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