WRITING TABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does writing table mean? 

• WRITING TABLE (noun)
  The noun WRITING TABLE has 1 sense:

1. a desk used for writing

  Familiarity information: WRITING TABLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITING TABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desk used for writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

escritoire; secretaire; secretary; writing table

Hypernyms ("writing table" is a kind of...):

desk (a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments)

 Context examples 

He begged their pardon, but he had forgotten his gloves, and instantly crossing the room to the writing table, he drew out a letter from under the scattered paper, placed it before Anne with eyes of glowing entreaty fixed on her for a time, and hastily collecting his gloves, was again out of the room, almost before Mrs Musgrove was aware of his being in it: the work of an instant!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)