table
noun
[ ˈteɪb(ə)l ]
• a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at.
• "she put the plate on the table"
Similar:
bench,
board,
work surface,
counter,
desk,
bar,
buffet,
stand,
workbench,
worktable,
top,
horizontal surface,
surface,
worktop,
• a set of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns.
• "the population has grown, as shown in table 1"
Similar:
list,
chart,
diagram,
figure,
graph,
plan,
catalogue,
inventory,
digest,
enumeration,
tabulation,
index,
directory,
register,
itemization,
record,
graphic,
• a flat, typically rectangular, vertical surface; a panel.
table
verb
• present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting.
• "more than 200 amendments to the bill have already been tabled"
Similar:
submit,
put forward,
bring forward,
propose,
suggest,
move,
enter,
lodge,
file,
introduce,
air,
moot,
lay,
• postpone consideration of.
• "I'd like the issue to be tabled for the next few months"
• strengthen (a sail) by making a hem at the edge.
Origin:
Old English tabule ‘flat slab, inscribed tablet’, from Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French table .
at table
• seated at a table eating a meal.
