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What Is a Breakfast Table?

There is a place to start the day with family; a place of solitude for you, your newspaper, and your coffee; a place to entertain on an elaborate scale--it is the breakfast table.
  1. Breakfast Table

    • A typical breakfast table setting

      By definition, the breakfast table is simply a place to consume the first meal of the day, according to the website wordnetweb.princeton.edu.

    Sizes

    • This small breakfast table seats four.

      Breakfast tables are usually smaller in size compared to kitchen and dining room tables. Breakfast tables normally seat two, four, or six people.

    Types

    • This is a breakfast nook or booth.

      There are tables, and there are nooks. Some nooks have just the table with a bench, and some are a booth style. Wordnetweb.princeton.edu defines breakfast nook as a place to have smaller meals.

    Elaboration

    • This is an example of a formal breakfast table setting.

      A formal breakfast table consists of a specific menu, fruit, cereal, toast, marmalade, eggs, and meat. Coffee in a silver serving pot is properly placed in front of the hostess, according to "Table Service," by Lucy Grace Allen.

    Reasons

    • This is a prime example of a small area with a breakfast table.

      Small apartments and small meals are good reasons for having a breakfast table in the kitchen, as described on Treehugger.com.