bed table

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bed table¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

She turned back and saw the half-empty Pepsi-Cola bottle on the floor beside the bed table.

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She flings out her arm, overturning the bed table, and then pulls desperately at the bell.

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He had memories of a tiny room, very neat and compact, with even a single huge rose in a vase on the bed table.

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He eyed the green stamp on the neck of the bottle on the bed-table and grinned.

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The furniture consisted of an armchair, a table, a chair, and a wretched bed-table.

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