Definition of Dressing table

1. Noun. Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup.

Exact synonyms: Dresser, Toilet Table, Vanity
Generic synonyms: Table

Definition of Dressing table

1. Noun. A low table or chest of drawers with a mirror at which one sits while dressing, applying makeup or similar tasks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dressing Table

dressing-bell
dressing-down
dressing case
dressing cases
dressing down
dressing forceps
dressing gown
dressing gowns
dressing room
dressing rooms
dressing sack
dressing sacque
dressing station
dressing stick
dressing sticks
dressing table (current term)
dressing tables
dressing up
dressingroom
dressingrooms
dressings
dressless
dresslike
dressmaker
dressmaker's ham
dressmaker's model
dressmakers
dressmaking
dressmakings
dressy

Literary usage of Dressing table

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1921)
"Japanned Dressing-Table, 1700-25 85 81. High Chest of Drawers, 1710-20 86 82. ... Dressing-Table, 1710-20 92 90. Japanned Scroll-Top High Chest of Drawers ..."

2. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"... the dentist's assistant from Deposit, and staring miserably at her reflection in the dressing-table mirror. Of what use were youth and grace and good ..."

3. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"The lady's dressing - table, as designed by Chippendale, took the form of a small commode. Hepple- white's dressing-tables are chiefly noted for the ..."

4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"A chest of drawers : a dressing-table with drawers. Richardson, ' Pamela,' iv. 79. (NED) 1764 A " Chest of Draws " is advertised with other things at The ..."

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