tablecloth
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- noun
- /ˈteɪbəlˌklɔθ/
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mantel
- I looked at her across the checked tablecloth, at the yellow candlelight flickering across her rigid face.
- a white tablecloth
- a plastic tablecloth
- covered with a tablecloth
Big hotel ballroom, you know, like white tablecloths, fine China, tuxedos, chandeliers.
- Big hotel ballroom, you know, like white tablecloths, fine China, tuxedos, chandeliers.
- Like if you were to yoink the tablecloth on the table and all the dishes stayed on, that would be so good.
- But Robin and Angela have black tablecloths spread over their desks.
- And the embroidered tablecloth, Fruit and water.
- So this is giving that or it's kind of giving me mum's tablecloth.
- I love that tablecloth, but I it's not, it's not screaming Christmas.
Examples
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She carefully spread the clean tablecloth across the dining table before serving the meal.
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Big hotel ballroom, you know, like white tablecloths, fine China, tuxedos, chandeliers.
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And we can put a tablecloth over that big table too.
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I pull the tablecloth out from under the dishes --
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You wouldn't happen to have a tablecloth, would you?
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There's a clean tablecloth in the cupboard.
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Well, they set it up very nicely with the tablecloth and all the goodies on it.
Academic text (2011) -
Residents are served family style at tables, with tablecloths provided for the evening meal.
Academic text (1995) -
I've been admiring your tablecloth.
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The elegant dining room was a blur of white: tablecloths at empty tables, snow smearing the broad windows.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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A piece of material made by joining threads together and used for making clothes or for cleaning
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A strong cloth covered with oil that protects tables from water and stains
A cloth that covers a table during a meal
A small cloth put on a table when serving tea
How Covered
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tablecloth is simply the old words table and cloth joined together: table is the piece of furniture and cloth is a piece of fabric. So a tablecloth is literally a 'cloth' you put on a 'table' to protect or decorate it during a meal.