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.

---

dressing table British  

noun

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

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dressing tables
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dressing table

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dressing table

"The main bedroom has still got the dressing table where Joanna Page was there with Matthew Horne," said Lisa.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

“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

Ashoke goes out to the corner store, and a box of disposable diapers replaces the framed black-and-white pictures of Ashima’s family on the dressing table.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri