bed table

American  

noun

1. an adjustable table or a tray with legs, designed to extend over or rest upon a bed.

2. night table.

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Etymology

Origin of bed table

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

But in my barn in the Catskills I have a large, weathered bed table — it could almost be a dining table.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

There are four books on my bed table, three I’ve nearly finished.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

Each night, he returned to the same space, which was furnished with a simple bed, table and chair.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2015

The essentials were there: bed, table, chair, window, coir mat, electric light.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2013

You’d have thought he was a guest in a hotel the way he looked, with this breakfast tray right in front of him on a weird-looking bed table.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel