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Also see: lamp
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
table/ˈteɪbl/
▶noun
- 1 a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at.
■ food provided in a restaurant or household.
- 2 a set of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns.
■ a league table.
■ (tables) multiplication tables.
- 3 Architecture a flat, typically rectangular, vertical surface.
■ a horizontal moulding, especially a cornice.
■ a slab bearing an inscription.
- 4 a flat surface of a gem.
■ a cut gem with two flat faces.
- 5 each half or quarter of a folding board for backgammon.
- 6 Bridge the dummy hand.
- 1 Brit. present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting.
- 2 chiefly US postpone consideration of.
- 3 Sailing strengthen (a sail) by making a hem at the edge.
– phrases
bring something to the table contribute something of value to a discussion, project, etc.
lay something on the table
turn the tables turn a position of disadvantage relative to someone else into one of advantage.
under the table
bring something to the table contribute something of value to a discussion, project, etc.
lay something on the table
- 1 make something known so that it can be discussed.
- 2 chiefly US postpone something indefinitely.
turn the tables turn a position of disadvantage relative to someone else into one of advantage.
under the table
- 1 informal very drunk.
- 2 another term for under the counter (see counter1).
– derivatives
tableful noun (pl. tablefuls).
tableful noun (pl. tablefuls).
– origin OE tabule ‘flat slab, inscribed tablet’, from L. tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’, reinforced in ME by OFr. table.

