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occasional table

occasional table noun: any small table, such as an end table, which has no particular function and may typically be folded away.

Noun

occasional table (plural occasional tables)

  1. Any small table, such as an end table, which has no particular function and may typically be folded away.
    • A cushion-covered divan; three-piece lounge-suite; occasional table, writing table and radio constituted the principal pieces[.]1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XI, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 119

Forms of occasional table

pluraloccasional tables

Origin of occasional table

From occasional (“for an occasion”) + table.

Questions about occasional table

What does occasional table mean?
Occasional table means any small table, such as an end table, which has no particular function and may typically be folded away.
What part of speech is occasional table?
Occasional table is a noun.
What is the plural of occasional table?
The plural of occasional table is occasional tables.

Words near occasional table in the dictionary

  1. occasionably
  2. occasional
  3. occasional bookcase
  4. occasional bookcases
  5. occasional furniture
  6. occasional table
  7. occasional tables
  8. occasionalism
  9. occasionalisms
  10. occasionalist
  11. occasionalistic

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