coffee-table
adjective
cof·fee-ta·ble
| \ ˈkȯ-fē-ˌtā-bəl
, ˈkä-\
, ˈkä-\
Definition of coffee-table
(Entry 1 of 2)
: of, relating to, or being an article (such as a book or magazine) intended for display (as on a coffee table)
coffee table
nounDefinition of coffee table (Entry 2 of 2)
: a low table customarily placed in front of a sofa
— called also cocktail table
Examples of coffee-table in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Made of solid wood, this weather-resistant set features one loveseat, two chairs, and one coffee table. — Meghan Kavanaugh, USA TODAY, "All of the best Wayfair deals competing with Prime Day," 15 July 2019 There was a glass coffee table in my room, which allowed me to look down into the water. — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, "How a botched cruise turned into a free trip to Tahiti," 25 June 2019 The Making of Star Wars is a fat slab of a coffee table book, where concept art, scans of scripts, and behind-the-scenes photography accompanied a narrative history of the film’s production. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "J.W. Rinzler’s The Making of Alien is the definitive story of the classic horror film," 4 Aug. 2019 Any one of these sculptures would be an amazing centerpiece on your coffee table. — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, "These Incredible Sculptures Are Made From Book Pages," 22 July 2019 Papers covered his coffee table and desk — not stacks, but floods: text oriented every which way, some pages close to spilling onto the floor. — Quanta Magazine, "A Physicist’s Physicist Ponders the Nature of Reality," 28 Nov. 2017 There is no pot smoke in the air, no bud on the coffee table. — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, "Floyd Landis Still Has a Lot to Say," 19 July 2019 And books—along the walls, piled on dressers, stacked on the coffee table. — Emily J. Smith, Curbed, "The unexpected gift of couch arrest," 18 July 2019 Sunday papers strewn on the floor, cups on the coffee table, NPR on the radio and a dog on the couch, for instance. — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, "The Hoosier Gardener: Dish towel evokes memories of Monet," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coffee-table.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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