tea table

noun

1. a small table for holding a tea service and cups, plates, etc., for several people.

Other Word Forms

• tea-table adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tea table¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

There, you’ll likely find her with a mug in hand, leaning against the door frame of her tree house and waiting for you to join her at a Japanese-style tea table.

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"We were one of the few families who also sat together at the tea table for the evening meal."

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Smiling and laughing at her tea table, she opened her handbag to reveal that she kept a marmalade sandwich in it - the famous bear's favourite snack.

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Elatr said she kept her phone on the tea table in their living room in Virginia while he talked to colleagues overseas.

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In the Matisse to the left, two women enjoy the leafy garden in the dappled light of a sunny day, seated at a tea table set up beneath the trees.

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