sidetable

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A form of side table — A small table intended to be placed beside a larger piece of furniture, such as a bed or sofa.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounsidetable (plural sidetables)

plural sidetables

  1. alternativeAlternative form of side table.

    We managed, after a few false starts, to cut and arrange the flowers in a magnificent spray on the stand, and put vases of flowers round to decorate the altar and sidetables.

    1998, Annie Murray, Birmingham Blitz, London: Pan Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 298
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    There were cigarettes everywhere, in Persian boxes and Moroccan jars, silver boxes and pewter cases, on sidetables and sideboards, by the lavatory and by the bath, even on the dining table, […]

    1993, Douglas Botting, Gavin Maxwell: A Life, Eland Publishing, published 2017, →ISBN, page 528

    A new coffee table and sidetables with accompanying lamps finish the functional furniture requirements for the room. […] A potted fern, new sidetables and lamps elevate the look of the room.

    2016, Darren Palmer, HomeSpace: Changing the Space You Have into the Home You Love, Sydney, N.S.W.; London: Murdoch Books, →ISBN, pages 77 and 86

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APA

sidetable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidetable

MLA

“sidetable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidetable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sidetable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidetable.

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