night table

noun

1. a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of night table¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

On my night table, I have my nighttime journal and I do a little self-compassion journaling.

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Berman confessed he was so turned off by the photo that the book “lay on my night table for weeks” before he started reading it.

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He looked at me sideways, then went to the milk crate by his bed that served as a night table.

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I have books stacked 15 or 20 layers deep, on the night table and below it.

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"We needed an upgrade from a single box of bandaids & tube of Neosporin in my night table drawer."

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