table
- noun
- /ˈteɪbəl/
- Eve and Troy sit at one of the many stone tables watching Adam skate all over the place.
Examples
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But as he put his grandson's glasses on the night table, he leaned down and kissed his forehead.
Fiction book (1995) -
More rocks, with flat table-like surfaces on top, climbed out of the broken land.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yeah, we're using the money we raise to put a new table in the cafeteria for kids with no friends.
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"Down there, you can see the Coors Brewery between North and South Table Mountain."
Fiction book (1995) -
Brian O'Blivion died quietly on an operating table 11 months ago.
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Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
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In the course of the narrative, the table becomes the central symbol of contrasting values.
Academic text (1998) -
Clear the table.
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The hikers reached a flat-topped area, stopping to rest on the elevated table surrounded by steep cliffs.
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The geologist explained that they were studying the unique formations of the rock table in the desert.
Synonyms
A large flat area of land higher than the land around it
A flat area of land with steep sides found in dry places
A large flat area of land that is higher than nearby land
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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Surface Forms
Etymology
Table used for a flat-topped area of land comes from the picture of a 'flat board' (Latin tabula); think of a mountain with a flat top like Table Mountain, which is why such places are compared to a table (or to Spanish 'mesa', which also means 'table').