table

verb

tabled; tabling ˈtā-b(ə-)liŋ 

transitive verb

1

a

: to remove (something, such as a parliamentary motion) from consideration indefinitely

b

British : to place on the agenda

c

: to put on a table

2

: to enter in a table

Examples of table in a Sentence

The committee tabled the issue until the next meeting.

She plans to table a motion for debate in Parliament.

Recent Examples on the Web

After tabling a proposal for a massive data center in December, Monterey Park leaders allowed voters to decide the future of similar facilities on Tuesday night in the primary election. —Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 4 June 2026

Joining Hayes in voting to table the budget and salary ordinances were Guzman, Turner, and Ald. —Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026

Carney said the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization board bypassed Mooresville commissioner Will Aven’s recommendation to table a vote on the I-77 South project. —Joe Marusak june 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026

If there aren’t protections for public schools, could the Legislature table the governor’s proposal? —Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing table

• at table
• bed table
• card table
• changing table
• cocktail table
• coffee table
• coffee-table book
• console table
• contingency table
• dinner table
• drawing table
• dressing table
• drink (someone) under the table
• end table
• examination table
• farm-to-table
• gateleg table
• head table
• high table
• lay on the table
• lay/put (all/all of) one's cards on the table
• league table
• life table
• light table
• Lord's table
• mortality table
• multiplication table
• night table
• off the table
• on the table
• operating table
• Parsons table
• Pembroke table
• periodic table
• picnic table
• pier table
• pin-table
• plane table
• refectory table
• round table
• run the table
• sand table
• side table
• steam table
• sweep the table
• table d'hôte
• table football
• table-hop
• table linen
• table manners
• table mat
• table of contents
• table of organization
• table rapping
• table salt
• table soccer
• table sugar
• table talk
• table tapping
• table tennis
• table top
• table wine
• tea table
• the negotiating table
• times table
• training table
• trestle table
• truth table
• under the table
• wait at table
• water table

Rhymes for table

• able
• chaebol
• fable
• label
• sable
• stabile
• stable
• allocable
• educable
• irrigable
• purchasable
• thermostable

Kids Definition

table

1 of 2 noun

ta·​ble ˈtā-bəl 

1

: tablet sense 1a

2

a

: a piece of furniture with a smooth flat top fixed on legs

b

: food served at a meal

c

: a group of people assembled at a table

3

a

: an orderly arrangement of facts or figures in rows or columns for quick reference

a table of weights

the multiplication table

b

: a short list

the table of contents

4

: plateau sense 1

table

2 of 2 verb

tabled; tabling -b(ə-)liŋ 

1

: tabulate

2

: to remove a parliamentary motion from consideration for an unspecified period of time

3

: to put on a table

Medical Definition

table

noun

ta·​ble ˈtā-bəl 

1

: a piece of furniture consisting of a smooth flat slab fixed on legs

especially : one used for examining or operating

2

: either of the two layers of compact bone of the skull which are separated by cancellous diploe