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

“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

According to the weekly publication, some of the other pilfered items are seven gold candelabras, several Russian icons, a 10-piece silver dressing table set and St. Louis gilt crystal glassware and decanters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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

His installation works center on one or two pieces of old furniture — a small dressing table, for instance — and can suggest a corner of someone’s modest past.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021

The candle on the dressing table had been blown out already, but its wick still smoked.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat