tea table

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1. furnitureA small table upon which tea is set to be served.

   Having abundance of roses and ferns and a very artistic taste of her own, she made that tea table such a thing of beauty that when the minister and his wife sat down to it, they exclaimed in chorus over its loveliness.

   1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

2. geographyA type of rock column comprising discrete layers, with the top layers being wider than the base due to greater resistance to erosion and weathering.