TABLE LINEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does table linen mean? 

• TABLE LINEN (noun)
  The noun TABLE LINEN has 1 sense:

1. linens for the dining table

  Familiarity information: TABLE LINEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TABLE LINEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Linens for the dining table

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

napery; table linen

Hypernyms ("table linen" is a kind of...):

linen (white goods or clothing made with linen cloth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "table linen"):

damask (a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern)

napkin; serviette; table napkin (a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing)

place mat (a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting)

tablecloth (a covering spread over a dining table)

tray cloth (table linen consisting of a small cloth for a tray)

 Context examples 

In it lay some table linen and a large corkscrew.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. Carrol, Florence's mamma, was ordered to buy, have made, and marked a generous supply of house and table linen, and send it as her present, all of which was faithfully done, but the secret leaked out, and was greatly enjoyed by the family, for Aunt March tried to look utterly unconscious, and insisted that she could give nothing but the old-fashioned pearls long promised to the first bride.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)