dressing table

American  

noun

1. a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.

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dressing table British  

noun

1. a piece of bedroom furniture with a mirror and a set of drawers for clothes, cosmetics, etc

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Etymology

Origin of dressing table

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Boyce shared a bedroom with her sister, Mamie, that was decorated by their mother with red-robin wallpaper and a small dressing table.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

"The main bedroom has still got the dressing table where Joanna Page was there with Matthew Horne," said Lisa.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

He specializes in restoring midcentury items, such as a sideboard by the Danish designer Ib Kofod-Larsen and a dressing table by the British design company Archie Shine.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2023

“I did the calculations sitting at my wife’s dressing table because I didn’t have a desk or an office.”

From Scientific American • May 20, 2022

She dragged the chair from her dressing table over to the cedar chest and sat down facing me.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd