table

table
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noun
1 piece of furniture
ADJECTIVE
big, high, huge, large, long
little, low, small
circular, oval, rectangular, round, square
coffee, folding, side, trestle (esp. BrE)

We arranged the party food on a trestle table on the patio.

candlelit, glass-topped, white-clothed
glass, mahogany, marble, metal, oak, oaken, plastic, steel, wooden
polished, scrubbed
rickety, rough
empty

We found an empty table at the back of the restaurant.

bare
dining, dining-room, kitchen

She often does her homework at the kitchen table.

breakfast, dinner, lunch

We never discuss politics at the breakfast table.

banquet, buffet, picnic, refreshment
cafe, cafeteria, restaurant
corner, end, window

We'll take the corner table near the bar, please.

bedside (esp. BrE), dressing, night (AmE)
writing
bargaining (esp. AmE), conference, drafting (AmE), negotiating

They spent hours around the negotiating table.

examination (BrE, AmE), examining (AmE), massage, operating
air-hockey, billiard, foosball™ (AmE), ping-pong/Ping-Pong™ (esp. AmE), pool, snooker, table-tennis (BrE)
blackjack, card, gaming, roulette
makeshift

We turned the box upside down and used it as a makeshift table.

VERB + TABLE
be seated around, be seated at, be seated round (esp. BrE), occupy, sit around, sit (down) at, sit round (esp. BrE)

They were all five of them sitting around the kitchen table.

lean across, lean over, reach across
get up from, leave

He left the table in a hurry.

lay (BrE), set

Please set the table for six.

clear, wipe

You clear the table and I'll wash the dishes.

book, reserve

We booked a table at the restaurant for 8 p.m.

overturn
wait tables (AmE)
TABLE + VERB
be piled with sth, be strewn with sth
TABLE + NOUN
decorations
edge, leg
mat (BrE)
cloth (usually tablecloth), linen, napkin
lamp
manners
PREPOSITION
across the table

She leaned across the table and kissed him.

around the table, round the table (esp. BrE)

We gathered around the table to hear his news.

at the table

to sit down at the table

on the table

She put the vase on the table.

out from under the table

James crawled out from under the table.

over the table

They flirted over the dinner table.

under the table

The potato rolled under the table.

PHRASES
the centre/center of the table, the middle of the table

My father always sits at the head of the table.

the edge of the table, the end of the table, the head of the table
2 list of facts/figures
ADJECTIVE
statistical
league (BrE)

The league table shows the Danish team in first place with eight points.

school league tables (BrE)

multiplication, periodic
VERB + TABLE
compile
consult, see

See Table XII for population figures.

TABLE + VERB
show sth
PREPOSITION
in a/the table

He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.

PHRASES
the bottom of the table, the top of the table
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verb
Table is used with these nouns as the object: ↑amendment, ↑motion, ↑resolution

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  • table — [ tabl ] n. f. • 1050; var. taule XIIIe (→ tôle); lat. tabula « planche, tablette » I ♦ Objet formé essentiellement d une surface plane horizontale, généralement supportée par un pied, des pieds, sur lequel on peut poser des objets. 1 ♦ Surface… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • table — TABLE. s. f. Meuble ordinairement de bois, fait d un ou de plusieurs ais, & posé sur un, ou plusieurs pieds; & dont on se sert pour manger, pour escrire, pour joüer, &c. Table de chesne. table de bois de noyer. table de marqueterie. table à un… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • TABLE —     Table, s. f., terme très étendu qui a plusieurs significations.     Table à manger, table de jeu, table à écrire. Première table, seconde table, table du commun. Table de buffet, table d hôte, où l on mange à tant par repas; bonne table,… …   Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • Table — Ta ble, n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board, tablet, a painting. Cf. {Tabular}, {Taffrail}, {Tavern}.] 1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab. [1913 Webster] A bagnio paved with fair tables… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • table — Ta ble, n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board, tablet, a painting. Cf. {Tabular}, {Taffrail}, {Tavern}.] 1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab. [1913 Webster] A bagnio paved with fair tables… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • table — Table, f. penac. Vient par syncope du Latin Tabula, comme de Seculum, Crustulum, Seclum, Crustlum, et signifie en general un ais de bois long et quarré. Selon laquelle signification on dit Entablature, où plusieurs tels ais sont rengez pair à… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • table — [tā′bəl] n. [OFr < L tabula, a board, painting, tablet < ? IE * taldhla < base * tel , flat, a board > OE thille, thin board, flooring] 1. Obs. a thin, flat tablet or slab of metal, stone, or wood, used for inscriptions 2. a) a piece… …   English World dictionary

  • Table A — A standard set of Articles of Association which can be incorporated by reference in the Articles of Association of any company. It is usually used to cover non essential procedural issues. Found in the Companies (Tables A F) Regulations 1985… …   Law dictionary

  • table — [n1] furniture upon which to work, eat bar, bench, board, buffet, bureau, console, counter, desk, dining table, dinner table, dresser, lectern, pulpit, sideboard, sink, slab, stand, wagon; concept 443 table [n2] meal bill of fare, board, cuisine …   New thesaurus

  • Table — Ta ble (t[=a] b l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabled} (t[=a] b ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tabling} (t[=a] bling).] 1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines. [1913 Webster] 2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • table — ► NOUN 1) a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, for eating, writing, or working at. 2) a set of facts or figures systematically displayed. 3) (tables) multiplication tables. 4) food provided in a restaurant or household: food …   English terms dictionary

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