table

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

2. 2noun

   A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet

3. 3noun

   a memorandum book.

4. 4noun

   Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.

5. 5noun

   Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.

6. 6noun

   A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.

7. 7noun

   A list of substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.

8. 8noun

   Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.

9. 9noun

   The arrangement or disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand.

10. 10noun

    An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working.

11. 11noun

    Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.

12. 12noun

    The company assembled round a table.

13. 13noun

    One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium.

14. 14noun

    A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.

15. 15noun

    The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.

16. 16noun

    One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.

17. 17noun

    The games of backgammon and of draughts.

18. 18noun

    A circular plate of crown glass.

19. 19noun

    The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.

20. 20noun

    A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also perspective plane.

21. 21noun

    The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.

22. 22transitive verb

    To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.

23. 23transitive verb

    To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.

24. 24transitive verb

    To supply with food; to feed.

25. 25transitive verb

    To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.

26. 26transitive verb

    To lay or place on a table, as money.

27. 27transitive verb

    In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.

28. 28transitive verb

    To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.

29. 29transitive verb

    To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.

30. 30intransitive verb

    To live at the table of another; to board; to eat.

31. 31noun

    a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs

    "it was a sturdy table"

32. 32noun

    a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it

    "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"

33. 33noun

    food or meals in general

    "she sets a fine table"

    "room and board"

    Synonyms

    board
34. 34noun

    a set of data arranged in rows and columns

    "see table 1"

35. 35noun

    a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game

    "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"

36. 36noun

    flat tableland with steep edges

    "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"

    Synonyms

    mesa
37. 37verb

    arrange or enter in tabular form

    Synonyms

    tabularisetabularizetabulate
38. 38verb

    hold back to a later time

    "let's postpone the exam"

    Synonyms

    deferpostponeprorogueremitshelve