change table
nounUS, UK /ˌt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒˈteɪ.bəl/
Etymology From change (“a diaper change: the replacement of a soiled diaper with a clean one”) + table, probably as an alteration of changing table.
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Uncommon Synonym of changing table.
- A TERRY towel or bath mat with loops of narrow elastic sewed catty-corner at each point makes a practical cover for your baby's change table.1954 October 8, “Mother's Helper”, in The Ontario Intelligencer, page 7:
- BOY'S roller skates, shoe type, size 10. Baby's change table; car seat, padded, $2.1961 September 27, “Classified Advertising”, in San Rafael Daily Independent Journal, volume 101, number 162, 40—Misc. For Sale, page 40:
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- Lift baby and place him comfortably on his back on the change table.1978, William Fowler, Guides to Early Day Care and Teaching, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, →ISBN, page 9:
- If you don't buy an actual change table, you can adapt other pieces of furniture; for example, a chest of drawers or waist-high, flat-topped shelving (if it's wide enough). These must be covered either with layers of toweling or with a homemade, or purchased, mattress in order to be soft enough for your baby.1988, Maralie Martin, William James, Bringing Baby Home: A New Parents' Guide to the First Months of Life, Random House of Canada, →ISBN, page 19:
- In Bakersfield, for example, we had made concentrated efforts to teach children to stand while having their diapers changed. This was because our children quickly grew too large for the change tables in public restrooms, and once they did, there was no place to change their diapers.2001, Linda Bidabe, No Ordinary Move, Plough Publishing House, →ISBN, page 281:
- “He never sat up or rolled over on the change table before. If he had, I wouldn’t have left him for a second,” she explains. […] Kidsafe Victoria has released data from the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit that shows that in 2019/20, as many as 386 Victorian children were treated in hospital due to injuries involving high chairs, cots and change tables.2022 April 16, Josephine Agostino, “'I'm living a nightmare since my baby boy fell off the nappy change table'”, in KidSpot, News Corp Australia, archived from the original on 31 May 2026: