occasional table

English

Etymology

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

Noun

occasional table (plural occasional tables)

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

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