What does tea-table mean?
Tea-table means Alternative form of tea table..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of tea table..
'I will leave you to yourselves, gentlemen,' said the provost, rising; 'when you have done with your crack, you will find me at my wife's tea-table.'
“Ah!” said Mr. Powell, helping himself freely, “very wholesome. Rather a change of scene this for your inmate, Mr. Floyer,” he added, looking around at two chairs and a stool, which were pressed into the service of the tea-table, and which were indeed all that the room afforded.
[…] after we have removed some of the dust of our journey, we sit down to a well-spread tea-table, on which a noble Cornish pasty holds the post of honour.
There were beautifully arranged tea-tables under the deodars at Annandale, where the Grand Stand is now; […]
She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
Use tea-table when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tea-table means Alternative form of tea table..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'I will leave you to yourselves, gentlemen,' said the provost, rising; 'when you have done with your crack, you will find me at my wife's tea-table.'
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