table
- noun
- /ˈteɪbəl/
- Archaic
- Helen: Breakfast will be on the table in the morning.
- set the table
- food on the table
You eat lavishly from banquet tables prepared for you by your ancestors.
- You eat lavishly from banquet tables prepared for you by your ancestors.
- The man goes out and puts the bread on the table and the wife looks after the man.
- So organic food, farm to table, maximum diversity of plant based foods.
- We have another full table of food starting with this pizza like dish.
- Everyone just wants to put a meal on their table to have a roof over their own heads.
Examples
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Residents are encouraged to help set the table, prepare portions of meals, and make cookies or bread.
Academic text (1995) -
We did not have a moment at the dinner table.
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Every day it's a fight to keep food on the table, to keep the lights on.
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The food was already on the table?
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We went back inside the lodge and sat at the kitchen table until he came in.
Fiction book (1990) -
Everybody's here, gathered round the table full of holiday cheer.
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The farmer and his wife have laid out a table with simple food: a stew, bread, and wine.
Fiction book (1993) -
A beautiful, candlelit, food-laden table has been set up in the middle of the room.
Fiction book (1990) -
Again and again, the procession came until the table was covered with food and relishes of every kind.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every Sunday, the family gathers around the table to enjoy a warm meal together.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Drink more alcohol than another person until they become drunk
- Informal
To talk longer and more skillfully so the other person cannot answer
Compounds
- Specialized
A special table in an operating room where a patient lies during surgery
- Specialized
A chart that shows all chemical elements by their atomic number and groups similar ones together
A large attractive book with many photos or pictures kept on a living room table for guests to browse
- Literature
A large round table in stories about King Arthur where knights sit as equals
A list at the start of a book or document showing chapters and the pages they start on
- Specialized
A tool for cutting wood using a round blade that sticks up through a table
- Literature
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
A small amount of leftover food from a meal that is given to animals or thrown away
- Specialized
A table showing the chance people of different ages will die or get ill, used by insurers and pension funds
A large flat table with a smooth cloth surface for playing games like pool or snooker
- Specialized
A large table with an adjustable top that you use for drawing plans
- Jargon
A table on a raised platform in a college hall where professors and guests eat
A narrow table that stands against a wall to hold decorations in a hallway or entryway
- Specialized
A table on a computer disk that shows where information is stored and which areas cannot be used
- Specialized
A table showing how likely people of each age are to die and the average years they have left
- Specialized
A table that shows how two things are related with numbers in the cells
- Specialized
A table that lists possible conditions and the action to take for each
- Literature
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
A pine tree from Japan and Korea with a wide, uneven crown often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A simple rectangular table with a top and legs the same width and a clean modern look
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Etymology
Table meaning food or meals comes from the simple idea that the table is where food is placed, so the word grew to mean the meals or what is provided at that table.