tea-table
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of tea table.
Example Sentences
- "'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."