card table

noun

: a table designed for playing cards
especially : a square table with folding legs

Examples of card table in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Along the way, neighbors had set up a card table and handed out water, sports drinks, granola bars, applesauce packs, cheese and peanut butter crackers, gummies and cold cubed watermelon. Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024 The back corners were consumed with groups gathered around card tables, inventing their own stories together. Ally Beardsley, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 My grandmother spent many hours there, too, mostly reading in a big wicker chair between a card table and a floor lamp. David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 At a card table, an organization called the New Gaza presented a map of Gaza City's neighborhoods with new Hebrew names. Daniel Estrin, NPR, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for card table 

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Word History

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of card table was in 1709

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“Card table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/card%20table. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

card table

noun
: a table designed for playing cards
especially : a square table with folding legs

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