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| ta·ble [ táyb'l ] |
noun (plural ta·bles) |
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1. item of furniture with flat top: a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, used for placing things on or doing things at
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2. place for eating meals while seated: a table at which people sit to eat meals
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3. flat surface for specific purpose: a raised flat surface with a nondomestic or office use, e.g. one at which a surgeon operates or one on which a piece of machinery rests
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4. food served: the food provided in a household or restaurant in terms of its quality or quantity
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5. people sitting at table: a group of people sitting at a table, especially for a meal
  The whole table erupted in laughter.
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6. arrangement of information in columns: an arrangement of information or data into columns and rows or a condensed list
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7. geography
Same as tableland
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8. architecture band or panel on wall: a band of masonry or a rectangular panel on a wall, either raised or depressed and with ornamentation or inscriptions
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9. flat surface of gem: the upper horizontal surface of a cut gem
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10. slab for inscription: a slab of wood, stone, or metal for inscription
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11. backgammon part of backgammon board: either one of the two hinged halves of a backgammon board
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12. music front part of stringed instrument: the part of the body of a stringed instrument that acts as a sounding board
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13. anatomy plate of bone: a flat layer of bone, especially either one of the inner or outer surfaces of the skull that are separated by a more spongy bone diploë
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14. area on palm: an area on the palm defined by four lines, regarded as significant in palmistry
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plural noun ta·bles |
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ancient hist ancient tablets inscribed with laws: tablets on which some ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew laws were inscribed, or the laws themselves
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transitive verb (past and past participle ta·bled, present participle ta·bling, 3rd person present singular ta·bles) |
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1. postpone discussion of something: to postpone discussion of a bill or motion until a later time
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2. enter information into table: to enter information in a tabular form
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3. put something on table: to place or lay something on a table
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4. Canada propose something: to put forward a bill, motion, or proposal for discussion at a meeting
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| [Pre-12th century. Directly or via French< Latin tabula "board, slab"] |
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| table·ful noun |
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drink somebody under the table to continue drinking until after other people present are completely intoxicated
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on the table
1. put forward for discussion at a meeting
2. postponed for discussion at a later time
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turn the tables (on somebody) to reverse a situation and gain the advantage from somebody who had previously held it
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under the table secretly and often illegally, in the form of a bribe
He paid under the table for his rent-stabilized apartment.
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