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table
/ˈteɪbəl/
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What does table mean?
noun
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
More meanings (38)
noun
- A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into an inner and outer table.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table.
- The act of assembling to eat; a gathering to eat, especially at a restaurant.
- The lineup of players at a given table.
- A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- A group of diners at a given table or tables.
- (figuratively) A session or sessions of negotiation or diplomacy; an opportunity or place for negotiations.
- A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- A tableland; a flat, elevated region.
- A horizontal stratum of rock.
- A flat length of bone.
- The inner and outer plates that make up the cranium bones; the outer table and the inner table (vitreous table).
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- A stringcourse; a band of horizontal molding or other decoration around a building.
- The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
- The quadrangle, a space between the heart line and head line.
- A flat surface that supports the slab on which ink is rolled to manipulate its consistency.
- (historical) The game of backgammon, or any of several related games.
- (obsolete) A writing tablet.
verb
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- To put on a table.
- To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- (archaic) To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
- (obsolete) To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
- (obsolete) To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈteɪbəl/
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As she sat at the table, she kept telling her youngest daughter to “be careful now, and not drop anything on mother.”
The only other object on the table was a small shaded lamp, the bright light of which fell full upon the model.
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Midway between table and bed was the window, with an icy white muslin frill over it, and opposite it was the wash-stand.
Sir Andrew had persuaded her to sit down to the table, to partake of some supper and to drink a little wine.
Late next night I rose from table, where Flavia had sat by me, and conducted her to the door of her apartments.