Definition of
Table
- (noun, artifact) a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- (noun, artifact) a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
- (noun, food) food or meals in general
room and board - (noun, group) a set of data arranged in rows and columns
- (noun, group) a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
- (noun, object) flat tableland with steep edges
- (verb, creation) arrange or enter in tabular form
- (verb, stative) hold back to a later time
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Synonyms of Table
board, defer, hold over, mesa, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, tabular array, tabularise, tabularize, tabulate
Alternate forms of Table
Derivations: tabular, tabulate
Hyponyms: actuarial table, altar, billiard table, board, booth, breakfast table, calendar, call, card table, cocktail table, coffee table, communion table, conference table, console, console table, contents, correlation table, council board, council table, counter, desk, dining table, dresser, dressing table, drop-leaf table, file allocation table, gaming table, gueridon, hold, kitchen table, lord's table, operating table, parsons table, pedestal table, periodic table, pier table, ping-pong table, pingpong table, platen, pool table, probate, reprieve, respite, snooker table, stand, statistical table, suspend, table of contents, table-tennis table, tea table, toilet table, training table, trestle table, vanity, work table, worktable
Hypernyms: arrange, array, article of furniture, assemblage, delay, fare, furniture, gathering, piece of furniture, plateau, set, tableland
Origin of the word Table
- late 12c., "board, slab, plate," from O.Fr. table "board, plank, writing table, picture" (11c.), and late O.E. tabele, from W.Gmc. *tabal (cf. O.H.G. zabel, Ger. Tafel), both from L. tabula "a board, plank, table," originally "small flat slab or piece" usually for inscriptions or for games, of uncertain origin, related to Umbrian taf… more
- 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). more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper