occasional table

British  

noun

1. a small table with no regular use

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Example Sentences

I feel like I’m being given an occasional table scrap.

From Washington Post

IN THE 1920S, when cocktail hour became a domestic ritual, the occasional table of 18th-century French salons evolved into the martini table.

From The Wall Street Journal

Midcentury Scandinavian slipper chairs rub elbows with a Moroccan occasional table and a sofa of Profera’s own design, all crowned with a framed 19th-century Japanese textile, creating an aura of the proverbial globetrotting collector that echoes the look of his fabrics.

From Architectural Digest

And for the firm’s take on an occasional table by James Mont, Kindel artisans replicated the original’s unusual copper-and-silver camouflage-like finish.

From Architectural Digest

And, when you don’t want that occasional table anymore, the Roombots could just change shape and create a static structure, like a wall.

From Forbes