Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pier table

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: pier table
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small table, usually set against the wall between two windows.

Example Sentences

"There is no telling the love of a Tahitian for a sailor’s trunk. […] When obtained, no pier-table just placed in a drawing-room, is regarded with half the delight."
"Curious implements you found in that room. A grape-scissors though never known grapes in the house. A quirl for scraping butter. Longish spoon with holes in it that was called a mote-skimmer: used for straining the strangers off your tea. All laid out on the pier-table, its cloth so starched it might stand on its own."

Inflected Forms

pier tables (plural)

Phrases

pier glass

Frequently Paired Words

pier glass pierglass

Questions

What does pier table mean?: A small table, usually set against the wall between two windows.

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