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Recent Examples of tea table
The desks get pushed together and pulled apart to become cars, tea tables, dance floors.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
In the end, Waggener’s good taste will set the Maybach tea table.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Featuring a marble stone top, this round table is the perfect pick for a coffee or tea table in your living room.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
On Thursday, Xi and Kissinger were seated on the same level across a small tea table in a much more cordial setting.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 July 2023
For me, cane furniture conjures up visions of elegant terraces with tea tables and 1920s reclining sun loungers.
—Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 21 June 2023
According to a history of these tables published in Traditional Home magazine in March 2008, that decorative flourish started in the early 1700s in England as the edging on a silver salver — a tray on which tea could be brought out and set down on a tea table.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
Few outings feel more decadent than an afternoon around a tea table.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 Jan. 2023
In the Matisse to the left, two women enjoy the leafy garden in the dappled light of a sunny day, seated at a tea table set up beneath the trees.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
In the end, Waggener’s good taste will set the Maybach tea table.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Featuring a marble stone top, this round table is the perfect pick for a coffee or tea table in your living room.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
On Thursday, Xi and Kissinger were seated on the same level across a small tea table in a much more cordial setting.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 July 2023
For me, cane furniture conjures up visions of elegant terraces with tea tables and 1920s reclining sun loungers.
—Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 21 June 2023
According to a history of these tables published in Traditional Home magazine in March 2008, that decorative flourish started in the early 1700s in England as the edging on a silver salver — a tray on which tea could be brought out and set down on a tea table.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
Few outings feel more decadent than an afternoon around a tea table.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 Jan. 2023
In the Matisse to the left, two women enjoy the leafy garden in the dappled light of a sunny day, seated at a tea table set up beneath the trees.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tea table
Noun
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The first contains an Ingrid Donat coffee table with a pair of Venini crystal vases designed by Marino, decoratively placed on top.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
11 July 2025
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Try placing them on a gold tray with a few sprigs of eucalyptus or pairing them with a stack of coffee table books for an effortless look.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Tea table.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tea%20table. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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