tea table

noun — 2 senses

tea table

noun
1

Furniture, Lifestyle A small table upon which tea is set to be served.

  • Having abundance of roses and ferns and a very artistic taste of her own, she made that tea table such a thing of beauty that when the minister and his wife sat down to it, they exclaimed in chorus over its loveliness.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
2

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences A type of rock column comprising discrete layers, with the top layers being wider than the base due to greater resistance to erosion and weathering.

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