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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.
a gaming table.
6.
a flat or plane surface; a level area.
7.
a tableland or plateau.
8.
a concise list or guide:
The table of contents in the front of the book includes chapter names and page numbers.
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 tables of the Decalogue.
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.

verb (used with object), tabled, tabling.
18.
to place (a card, money, etc.) on a table.
19.
to enter in or form into a table or list.
20.
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.

adjective
21.
of, relating to, or for use on a table:
a table lamp.
22.
suitable for serving at a table or for eating or drinking:
table grapes.
Idioms
23.
on the table, Parliamentary Procedure.

U.S. postponed.
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,

drunk.
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.
noun
1.
a flat horizontal slab or board, usually supported by one or more legs, on which objects may be placed related adjective mensal
2.

such a slab or board on which food is served: we were six at table
(as modifier): table linen
(in combination): a tablecloth

3.
food as served in a particular household or restaurant: a good table
4.
such a piece of furniture specially designed for any of various purposes: a backgammon table, bird table
5.

a company of persons assembled for a meal, game, etc
(as modifier): table talk

6.
any flat or level area, such as a plateau
7.
a rectangular panel set below or above the face of a wall
8.
(architect) another name for cordon (sense 4)
9.
an upper horizontal facet of a cut gem
10.
(music) the sounding board of a violin, guitar, or similar stringed instrument
11.

an arrangement of words, numbers, or signs, usually in parallel columns, to display data or relations: a table of contents
See multiplication table

12.
a tablet on which laws were inscribed by the ancient Romans, the Hebrews, etc
13.
(palmistry) an area of the palm’s surface bounded by four lines
14.
(printing) a slab of smooth metal on which ink is rolled to its proper consistency
15.

either of the two bony plates that form the inner and outer parts of the flat bones of the cranium
any thin flat plate, esp of bone

16.
on the table, put forward for discussion and acceptance: we currently have our final offer on the table
17.
turn the tables on someone, to cause a complete reversal of circumstances, esp to defeat or get the better of someone who was previously in a stronger position
verb (transitive)
18.
to place on a table
19.
(Brit) to submit (a bill, etc) for consideration by a legislative body
20.
(US) to suspend discussion of (a bill, etc) indefinitely or for some time
21.
to enter in or form into a list; tabulate

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.

tab 4

(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.)