dressing table

American  

noun

• dressing tables
  plural

1. a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.

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dressing table British  

noun

1. a piece of bedroom furniture with a mirror and a set of drawers for clothes, cosmetics, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dressing tables
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dressing table

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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dressing table

Boyce shared a bedroom with her sister, Mamie, that was decorated by their mother with red-robin wallpaper and a small dressing table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025

He specializes in restoring midcentury items, such as a sideboard by the Danish designer Ib Kofod-Larsen and a dressing table by the British design company Archie Shine.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

“I did the calculations sitting at my wife’s dressing table because I didn’t have a desk or an office.”

From Scientific American ● May 20, 2022

“At one point, we had every gurney, every dressing table, every embalming table had somebody on it,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2021

Her black eyes meet mine in the claw-footed mirror on my dressing table.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black