Dictionary Workbench Ondict

nightstand

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

nightstand

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Furniture
night·stand /ˈnaɪtstænd/ noun [countable] American English  DHFa small table beside a bed 床头柜 SYN British English bedside table
Examples from the Corpus
nightstandShe found a pink princess telephone on a blond nightstand in one of the bedrooms.She placed the trio on her nightstand, on her dresser, on the windowsill.His own portion was put in the cupboard, except for the elaborately boxed cookies that he stashed in his nightstand.But just then McMurphy jumped off his bed and went to rustling through his nightstand, and I hushed.Barry had a revolver and forgot to leave it in the nightstand.The clock on the nightstand showed 5: 56.He puts his roll of clothes on the nightstand next to my bed and goes to punching at his pillow.There was a bottle of tablets sitting on the nightstand with a note from Anne. ` Two when you wake up.
night·stand nounChineseSyllable
a Corpus bed table a small beside


nightstand
nightstand /ˈnaɪtstænd/ noun [countable] American English
a small table beside a bed
   SYN  bedside table British English


night·standBrE /ˈnaɪtstænd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnaɪtstænd/ 🔊 (also ˈnight table) (both NAmE) noun = bedside table