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kid table

kid table is the alternative form of kiddie table.

Meaning of kiddie table

Noun

kiddie table (plural kiddie tables)

  1. (informal) At family events, the dining table where children are seated together, separate from the table(s) reserved for adults.
    • Children gathered at the kiddie table and adults enjoyed conversation and, of course, everyone enjoyed the turkey dinner.2014 November 28, Angie Aguila, “Miami Springs Baptist Church hosts Thanksgiving Dinner”, in Miami Herald, retrieved 30 Oct 2015
  2. (idiomatic, often, sarcastic) The gathering place, forum, or venue assigned to less prominent or less capable participants in an event.
    • EW: You’re nominated for the Best Album for Children. Does that mean you have to sit at a kiddie table?
      JR: We are relegated to a pre-televised ceremony.2011 January 10, Jessica Shaw, “Kid-music star Justin Roberts talks about his Grammy nomination”, in Entertainment, retrieved 30 Oct 2015

Forms of kid table

pluralkid tables

Questions about kid table

What is kid table the alternative form of?
Kid table is the alternative form of kiddie table.

Words near kid table in the dictionary

  1. kid sister
  2. kid sisters
  3. Kid Starver
  4. kid stuff
  5. KID syndrome
  6. kid table
  7. kid tables
  8. kid's stuff
  9. kid-dom
  10. kid-glove
  11. kid-gloved

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kid table (page history and authors); kiddie table (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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