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Common
noun
•
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
.
The
board
or table-like
furniture
on which
a game
is
played
, such as
snooker
,
billiards
, or
draughts
.
A flat
tray
which can be used as a
table
.
A group of people at a
table
,
for example
for a
meal
or
game
.
A
supply
of food or
entertainment
.
A
service
of
Holy Communion
.
•
In Poker:
Furniture
with a
top
surface
to
accommodate
a
variety
of
uses
.
The
lineup
of
players
at a
given
table
.
•
A
two-dimensional
presentation
of data.
A
matrix
or
grid
of data
arranged
in
rows
and
columns
.
A
collection
of
arithmetic
calculations
arranged
in a
table
, such as
multiplications
in a
multiplication table
.
•
In Computing & Databases:
A
two-dimensional
presentation
of data.
A
lookup table
, most often a set of
vectors
.
•
In Sports:
A
two-dimensional
presentation
of data.
A
visual
representation
of a
classification
of
teams
or
individuals
based on their
success
over a
predetermined
period
.
•
In Musical instruments:
The
top
of a
stringed instrument
,
particularly
a
member
of the
violin
family
: the
side
of the
instrument
against which the
strings
vibrate
.
•
In Backgammon:
One half
of a
backgammon
board
, which is
divided
into the
inner
and
outer
table
.
•
The
flat
topmost
facet
of a
cut
diamond
.
verb
•
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
.
•
In American English:
To
remove
from the
agenda
, to
postpone
dealing with
; to
shelve
(to
indefinitely
postpone
consideration
or
discussion
of something).
•
In Carpentry:
To
join
(pieces of
timber
) together using
coaks
.
•
To
put on
a
table
.
•
In Nautical:
To make
board
hems in
the
skirts
and
bottoms
of (sails)
in order to
strengthen
them in the part
attached
to the
bolt-rope
.
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