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noun
1.
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
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: She sets a good table.
4.
a group of persons at a table, as for a meal, game, or business transaction.
5.
EXPANDa gaming table.
6.
a flat or plane surface; a level area.
7.
a tableland or plateau.
8.
a concise list or guide: a table of contents.
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.
a course or band, especially of masonry, having a distinctive form or position.
b.
a distinctively treated surface on a wall.
13.
a smooth, flat board or slab on which inscriptions may be put.
14.
tables,
a.
the tablets on which certain collections of laws were anciently inscribed: the tables of the Decalogue.
b.
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.
COLLAPSEJewelry.
a.
the upper horizontal surface of a faceted gem.
b.
a gem with such a surface.
verb (used with object)
18.
to place (a card, money, etc.) on a table.
19.
to enter in or form into a table or list.
20.
Parliamentary Procedure.
a.
Chiefly U.S. to lay aside (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for future discussion, usually with a view to postponing or shelving the matter indefinitely.
b.
British. to present (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for discussion.
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Tables
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
adjective
Idioms21.
of, pertaining to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.
22.
suitable for serving at a table or for eating or drinking: table grapes.
23.
on the table, Parliamentary Procedure.
a.
U.S. postponed.
b.
British. submitted for consideration.
24.
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.: Fortune turned the tables and we won. We turned the tables on them and undersold them by 50 percent.
25.
under the table,
a.
drunk.
b.
as a bribe; secretly: She gave money under the table to get the apartment.
26.
wait (on) table, to work as a waiter or waitress: He worked his way through college by waiting table. Also, wait tables.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
ta·ble·less, adjective
un·ta·bled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
table
in parliamentary sense, 1718, originally "to lay on the (speaker's) table for discussion," from table (n.). But in U.S. political jargon it has the sense of "to postpone indefinitely" (1866).
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Medical Dictionary
table ta·ble (tā'bəl)
n.
An article of furniture supported by one or more vertical legs and having a flat horizontal surface.
An orderly arrangement of data, especially one in which the data are arranged in columns and rows in an essentially rectangular form.
An abbreviated list, as of contents; a synopsis.
The inner or outer flat layer of bones of the skull separated by the diploë.
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Bible Dictionary
Tables definition
(Mark 7:4) means banqueting-couches or benches, on which the Jews reclined when at meals. This custom, along with the use of raised tables like ours, was introduced among the Jews after the Captivity. Before this they had, properly speaking, no table. That which served the purpose was a skin or piece of leather spread out on the carpeted floor. Sometimes a stool was placed in the middle of this skin. (See ABRAHAM'S BOSOM ØT0000055; BANQUET ØT0000434; MEALS.)
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