coffee table
noun
a low table, usually placed in front of a sofa, for holding ashtrays, snack bowls, glasses, magazines, etc.
coffee tables
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pluralof coffee table.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their first licensed Hasbro products were coffee tables, accent tables and pub tables with built-in versions of Scrabble or Monopoly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
"Wall cabinets, sofas, coffee tables, dining tables, and chairs vanished in an instant. It was as if the entire building had been hollowed out," Wang told the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
There wasn't exactly an air of shock among members milling around the tea and coffee tables in Paisley.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Now it all happens at an arms reach or around my constellation of coffee tables for what the French call apero - dinatoire.
From Salon ● May 22, 2024
They looked more like granite coffee tables: squat, wide, and rocky.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
