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ta⋅ble
[tey-buh
l]
noun, verb, -bled, -bling, adjective –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. | a 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, esp. one artificially shaped for a particular purpose. |
| 12. | Architecture.
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| 13. | a smooth, flat board or slab on which inscriptions may be put. |
| 14. | tables,
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| 15. | Anatomy. the inner or outer hard layer or any of the flat bones of the skull. |
| 16. | Music. a sounding board. |
| 17. | Jewelry.
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–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.
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–adjective
—Idioms| 21. | 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.
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| 24. | turn the tables, to cause a reversal of an existing situation, esp. 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,
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| 26. | wait (on) table, to work as a waiter or waitress: He worked his way through college by waiting table. Also, wait tables. |
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE tabule, var. of tabula < L: plank, tablet; (v.) late ME: to record on a table, entertain at table, deriv. of the n.
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE tabule, var. of tabula < L: plank, tablet; (v.) late ME: to record on a table, entertain at table, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
ta⋅ble⋅less, adjective
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Tables
(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.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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