[tey-buh
l] 
noun, verb, -bled, -bling, adjective | 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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| 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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| 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. |
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.