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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The band worked up the new version while masked around a studio coffee table, and Buller sang a scratch vocal in the band’s best guess at Parton’s key.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
Place a sturdy tray on top to create a flat surface for drinks and snacks, or turn it into a coffee table when you’re done lounging.

— Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026

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For others, experience might create possibilities through fractional leadership, consulting, advisory work, teaching, coaching, board service, entrepreneurship or some combination.

— Angela C. Hill, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Its board was drawn from the same captains of industry—bankers, retailers, insurance men—who would have occupied such positions in any similar synagogue.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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