table
table
nounDefinition of TABLE
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a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food <we sat at the kitchen table, playing cards for hours on end>
Synonyms board
Related Words coffee table, refectory table, tea table; bar, counter; buffet, sideboard, side table; bed table, card table
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food eaten or prepared for eating at one time <always offers a well-prepared table for his guests>
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a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system <the periodic table of chemical elements>
Synonyms canon, catalog (or catalogue), checklist, listing, menu, register, registry, roll, roll call, roster, schedule, table
Related Words agenda, bibliography, catalogue raisonné, compendium, compilation, directory, docket, enumeration, glossary, index, inventory, manifest, payroll; calendar, chronology, timetable
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substances intended to be eaten <the table that the innkeeper set out each morning made for a bountiful breakfast indeed>
Synonyms bread, chow, chuck [chiefly West], comestibles, eatables, eats, edibles, fare, foodstuffs, grub, meat, provender, provisions, table, tucker [chiefly Australian], viands, victuals, vittles
