Meaning of table | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
   countable
2. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
   countable
3. Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs
4. An orderly columnar display of data:chart, tabulation.
5. dinner table
6. The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
   countable
7. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs
8. To put off until a later time:adjourn, defer, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay, suspend, waive.
9. mesa
10. A flat tray which can be used as a table.
    countable
11. The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts
12. a cloth for covering a table, usually for a meal. an embroidered tablecloth. tafeldoek غَطاء المائِدَه покривка за маса toalha de mesa ubrus das Tischtuch dug τραπεζομάντιλοmantel laudlina رومیزی pöytäliina nappe מַּפת שוּלחָן मेजपोश stolnjak abrosz taplak borðdúkur tovaglia テーブルクロス 식탁보 staltiesė galdauts alas meja tafelkleedborddukobrus ميزپوښ، دستر خان toalha de mesa faţă de masă скатерть obrus prt stolnjak bordduk ผ้าปูโต๊ะ masa örtüsü 桌布 скатерка ميز پوش vải phủ bàn 桌布
    usually
13. desk (in an office)
14. A supply of food or entertainment.
    countable
15. A flat tray which can be used as a table
16. tablecloths, napkins etc. They gave us table linen as a wedding present. tafellinne أغْطِيَة أو شَراشِف المائِدَه покривки и салфетки за маса roupa de mesa stolní prádlo die Tischwäsche dækketøj πετσέτες και τραπεζομάντιλα mantelería lauapesu رومیزی؛ دستمال سفره pöytätekstiilit linge de table מַפּוֹת שוּלחָן मेजपोश stolno rublje asztalnemű taplak dan serbet borðlín tovagliato 食卓用白布類 식탁용 흰 천 stalo aptiesalai galdauti un salvetes alas meja tafellinnen bordduk med servietter bielizna stołowa ميز...
    etc
17. bureau, committee
18. A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
    countable, metonymically
19. A supply of food or entertainment
20. the amount that will fill a tablespoon. two tablespoonfuls of jam. teelepelvol مِقْدار مِلَعَقَة الطَّعام супена лъжица colher de sopa (de) polévková lžíce der Eßlöffel voll spiseskefuld κουταλιά σούπας una cucharada sopera supilusikatäis به اندازه یک قاشق غذا خوری ruokalusikallinen cuillerée à soupeכף बड़ा चम्मचभर količina, koja stane u jušnu žlicu evőkanál(nyi) sesendok makan matskeiðarfylli cucchiaiata 大さじ１杯 테이블 스푼 하나 가득 valgomasis šaukštas ēdamkarotes saturs/daudzums; pilna ēdamkarote sud...
21. A service of Holy Communion.
    countable
22. a game played on a table with small bats and a light ball; ping pong. tafeltennis تِنِس الطاوِلَه тенис на маса tênis de mesa stolní tenis das Tischtennis bordtennis επιτραπέζιο τένις, πιγκ-πογκ tenis de mesa lauatennis پینگ پنگ pöytätennis ping-pong טֶנִיס-שוּלחָן टेबल टेनिस stolni tenis asztalitenisz tenis meja borðtennis ping-pong, tennis da tavolo 卓球 탁구 stalo tenisas galda teniss ping pong tafeltennisbordtennistenis stołowy پینګ پنګ ténis de mesa tenis de masă, ping-pong настольный теннис...
23. One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
    countable
24. to put a tablecloth, plates, knives, forks etc on a table for a meal. The meal is ready – will you lay the table? tafel dek يُعِدُّ المائِدَه поставям масата pôr a mesa prostřít stůl den Tisch decken dække bord στρώνω τραπέζι poner la mesa lauda katma میز چیدن kattaa pöytä mettre la table לַעֲרוֹך שוּלחָן मेज सजाना postaviti stol (za objed) megterít menata meja leggja á borð apparecchiare 食卓の用意をする 밥상을 차리다 padengti stalą klāt/servēt galdu menyediakan meja utk makan tafeldekken dekke bordet nak...
    etc
25. A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
    countable
26. A piece of furniture usually supported by one or more legs and having a flat top surface on which objects can be placed: a dinner table; a poker table.
27. A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
28. The objects laid out for a meal on this article of furniture.
29. The lineup of players at a given table.
    metonymically
30. Games a. Either of the leaves of a backgammon board.
    Games
31. A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
    metonymically
32. A group of diners at a given table or tables.
    metonymically
33. A two-dimensional presentation of data.
34. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
35. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
36. A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
37. A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
38. The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
39. The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
40. A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
41. A writing tablet.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Set that dish on the table over there, please.”

“He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.”

“A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].”

“The baron kept a fine table and often held large banquets.”

“Alas poore Yorick […] VVhere be your Jibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flaſhes of Merriment that were wont to ſet the Table on a Rore?”

“The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.”

“That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event”

“Table 9 wants another round of beers.”

“John always gets the best tips because he gets the best tables! It's not fair!”

“I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order … And there is also taxinomia a principle of classification and ordered tabulation. Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables … Western reason had entered the age of judgement.”

“The children were practising multiplication tables.”

“Don’t you know your tables?”

“Here is a table of natural logarithms.”

“On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table.”

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