Definitions for table

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table ta·ble

Spelling: [tey-buh l]

IPA: /ˈteɪ bəl/

Table is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in table (abelt).

Definitions for table

noun

1. an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
2. such a piece of furniture specifically used for serving food to those seated at it.
3. the food placed on a table to be eaten:
4. a group of persons at a table, as for a meal, game, or business transaction.
5. a gaming table.
6. a flat or plane surface; a level area.
7. a tableland or plateau.
8. a concise list or guide:
9. an arrangement of words, numbers, or signs, or combinations of them, as in parallel columns, to exhibit a set of facts or relations in a definite, compact, and comprehensive form; a synopsis or scheme.
10. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Mensa.
11. a flat and relatively thin piece of wood, stone, metal, or other hard substance, especially one artificially shaped for a particular purpose.
12. Architecture. a course or band, especially of masonry, having a distinctive form or position. a distinctively treated surface on a wall.
13. a smooth, flat board or slab on which inscriptions may be put.
14. tables. the tablets on which certain collections of laws were anciently inscribed: the laws themselves.
15. Anatomy. the inner or outer hard layer or any of the flat bones of the skull.
16. Music. a sounding board.
17. Jewelry. the upper horizontal surface of a faceted gem. a gem with such a surface.

Idioms

1. on the table, Parliamentary Procedure. U.S. postponed. British. submitted for consideration.
2. turn the tables, to cause a reversal of an existing situation, especially with regard to gaining the upper hand over a competitor, rival, antagonist, etc.:
3. under the table, drunk. as a bribe; secretly:
4. wait (on) table, to work as a waiter or waitress: Also, wait tables.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or for use on a table:
2. suitable for serving at a table or for eating or drinking:

verb (used with object)

1. to place (a card, money, etc.) on a table.
2. to enter in or form into a table or list.
3. Parliamentary Procedure. Chiefly U.S. to lay aside (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for future discussion, usually with a view to postponing or shelving the matter indefinitely. British. to present (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for discussion.

Origin of table

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English tabule, variant of tabula Latin: plank, tablet; (v.) late Middle English: to record on a table, entertain at table, derivative of the noun

Examples for table

She stood by the table, the light from a shaded lamp making her colour glow.

Almost every Barbarian at the table had made his own fortune.

All is prepared—the table and the feast— With due appurtenance of clothes and cushions.

Half a dozen of Percival's friends sat at the table with them from time to time.

A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.

That means any response that could result in physical damage inside North Korea is off the table.

Det. 2: (slamming his hand on the table and yelling) You hung her!

He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.

Targeting her upper back, Couple sat cross-legged on a table while she whipped her slave.

Blowing out the candle, he advanced to the table and set it down.