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Definition of Coffee-table book
1. Noun. An elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table.
Definition of Coffee-table book
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of coffee table book) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffee-table Book
Literary usage of Coffee-table book
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Becoming One Community: Reading & Writing with English Language Learners by Kathleen Fay, Suzanne Whaley (2004)
"I quickly became frustrated with the book; it became a coffee-table book, looking
pretty in my living room, rather than a well-loved resource. ..."
2. Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"The 1994 coffee table book Spenser's Boston on which Parker collaborated with
photographer Kasho Kumagai is scarce, though far from rare, and its price ..."
3. Now Is Too Late 2: Survival in an Era of Instant News by Gerald R. Baron (2006)
"A visual example of this kind of statement is the coffee table book published in
the mid-1980s, during the outcries about loss of forestland, ..."
4. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine after Totalitarianism by Alexander J. Motyl (1993)
"In 1985, Kravchuk put his name to a lavishly produced coffee-table book, In a
Single Family, which purported to show how fortunate the Ukrainians were to be ..."
5. Thailand by Christopher Evans, Lindsey Evans (2005)
"Health & Wellness Phuket International Hospital has produced an elaborate
coffee-table book, Healthy Living in Phuket, with over 100 _. pages of information ..."
6. People, Land And Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural by Guy Bessette (2006)
"A richly illustrated coffee-table book with written contributions from local and
international experts on the culture and nature of the lake is the latest ..."
7. Hollywood & the Best of Los Angeles Alive!by Robert White, Phyllis White by Robert White, Phyllis White (2002)
"This big coffee-table book, full of wonderful old photos, offers a pictorial
history of Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, ..."
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