table

Meanings

Plural: tables

Noun

• a set of data arranged in rows and columns
  • "see table 1"
• a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
  • "it was a sturdy table"
• a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
  • "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"
• flat tableland with steep edges
• a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
  • "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"
• food or meals in general
  • "she sets a fine table"
• 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.
• Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
• The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
• Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
• A flat tray which can be used as a table.
• Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
• A supply of food or entertainment.
• Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
• A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
• Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
• A service of Holy Communion.
• Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
• One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
• Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
• A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
• A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
• The lineup of players at a given table.
• A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
• A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
• A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
• A group of diners at a given table or tables.
• A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
• A two-dimensional presentation of data.
• A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
• A two-dimensional presentation of data.
• A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
• A two-dimensional presentation of data.
• A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
• A two-dimensional presentation of data.
• A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
• The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
• The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
• A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
• A writing tablet.

Verb

• hold back to a later time
• arrange or enter in tabular form
• To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
• To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
• To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
• To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
• To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
• To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
• To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
• To put on a table.
• To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
• To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.

Synonyms

board, defer, grid, hold over, mesa, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, tabular array, tabularise, tabularize, tabulate, vector

Related Words

tabula rasa, tabulate