How to style dt and dd so they are on the same line?

Question

Using CSS, how can I style the following:

    
Mercury
    
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Answer 1

this works to display them as table, with border, it should be responsive with 3em the width of the first column. The word-wrap just breaks any words wider than the column

 dl { display:block;
      border:2px solid black;
      margin: 1em;}  
 dt { display:inline-block;
      width:3em;
      word-wrap:break-word;} 
 dd { margin-left:0;
      display:inline;
      vertical-align:top;
      line-height:1.3;} 
 dd:after { content:'';display:block; } 

Comparison of

with

:

Table

Milk	Black hot drink
Coffee2	Black hot drink
Warm milk	White hot drink

DL list

Milk

White cold drink

Coffee2

Black cold drink

Warm Milk

White hot drink