coffee-table book

[kaw-fee tey-buhl, kof-ee-]

cof·fee-ta·ble book

[kaw-fee tey-buhl, kof-ee-]
noun
an oversize, expensive, and usually illustrated book suitable for displaying, as on a coffee table.

Origin:
1960–65
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Coffee-table book has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
given to using long words.
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coffee-table book
 
n
a book designed to be looked at rather than read

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