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Definition of "dressing table" []

  • A low table with a mirror at which one sits while applying makeup. Also called vanity. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dressing table" in a sentence
  • "The Gospel of St. John lay on the dressing table before him: “Whosoever confesseth that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.”"
  • "She saronged the towel around herself, plucked a package of cigarettes from the nearby dressing table and lit herself up."
  • "Celeste had her dressing table with its stool of padded silk, and the ivory-backed brushes with which she gave her hair its one hundred and one strokes both morning and night."