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table noun 1 a piece of furniture consisting of a flat horizontal surface supported by one or more legs. 2 the people sitting at a table. 3 the food served at a particular table or in a particular house • keeps a good table. 4 a group of words or figures, etc arranged systematically in columns and rows. 5 a multiplication table • learn your tables. 6 any flat level surface. 7 historical a slab of stone or wood inscribed with laws. 8 a tableland. 9 a broad flat surface cut on a gem. verb (tabled, tabling) 1 Brit to put something forward for discussion. 2 N Amer to postpone discussion of (a bill, etc) indefinitely. 3 to make or enter something into a table; to tabulate. at table having a meal. drink someone under the table see under drink. on the table under discussion. turn the tables on someone to reverse a situation so that they are at a disadvantage where previously they had an advantage. under the table secretly; in a clandestine way.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon tabule: from Latin tabula board or tablet.