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Definition: Dressing Table |
Dressing TableNoun1. Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Dressing TableSynonyms: dresser (n), toilet table (n), vanity (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dressing Table |
| English words defined with "dressing table": toilet table. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dressing table": boudoir lamp. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dressing table": Cookery. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, but the dressing table twitched a few times. (The Beiderbecke Affair; writing credit: Alan Plater) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Consumer Goods |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Child of agricultural day laborer in front of dressing table in shack. Near Vian, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mrs. W.H. Wright, residence in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Bedroom dressing table. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Lockwood Village, Roselle, New Jersey. Three and one half room apartment, dressing table. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Allied Stores, Jordan Marsh, business in Boston, Massachusetts. Dressing table II. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Kiernan, residence in Stuart, Florida. Dressing table. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Furniture and other home furnishings. Dressing table. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dressing table | 127 |
dressing table vanity | 30 |
antique dressing table | 20 |
boudoir dressing table | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dressing table"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tryezë tualeti, komodinë me pasqyrë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منضدة الزينة, المزينة (dresser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тоалетна масичка (dresser, vanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | toaletní stolek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | toiletbord (dresser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kaptafel (dresser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coiffeuse (dresser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | toilettentisch (toilet table), Frisiertisch (vanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τουαλέτα (lavatory, loo, toilet, toilette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שולחן אפור. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | öltözködõasztal (dresser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | toletta con specchiora (dresser), toletta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 化粧台 (dresser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けしょう い (cosmetics expense, dresser, lady's pin money). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | boayrd scaane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | essingdray abletay toucador (powder room, toilet), penteadeira (comber). (various references) masã de toaletã (dresser, toilet table). (various references) туалетный столик (dressing-table). (various references) toaletni stočić. (various references) tocador (boudoir). (various references) toalettbord (dresser). (various references) tuvalet masası (dresser, toilet table), makyaj masası (vanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-g-i-l-n-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: detasseling, generalists. | |
-3 letters: anglesites, banistered, baseliners, besteading, bleariness, breadlines, bridgeless, denigrates, designates, desirables, gaberdines, generalist, gesneriads, inselbergs, integrable, reassigned, stingarees, tailenders. | |
-4 letters: absenters, absterged, absterges, agentries, alertness, algerines, andesites, angerless, anglesite, arbelests, arsenides, arsenites, asserting, astringed, astringes, banisters, baseliner, baselines, basseting, beardless, beastings, beastlier, beestings, begirdles, bestrides, bilanders, blastings, bleariest, bleedings, blindages, blistered. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 65 73 73 69 6E 67      54 61 62 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01010100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r e s s i n g   T a b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0065 0073 0073 0069 006E 0067      0054 0061 0062 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388471858575807325467687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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