nightstand
English
Alternative forms
- night stand, night-stand
Etymology
night (“the conventional time for a person to be in bed”) + stand (“an object which supports things”).[1]
Noun
nightstand (plural nightstands)
- (US) A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.
- Synonyms: bedside table, night table
- He always kept a full glass of water on the nightstand.
Translations
small table placed beside the head of a bed
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References
- “nightstand, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Sept. 2003]
Further reading
nightstand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia