table Antonyms
Meaning of table
table (n)
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
flat tableland with steep edges
a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
food or meals in general
table (v)
hold back to a later time
arrange or enter in tabular form
table (n.)
A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet
a memorandum book.
Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.
Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.
A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
A list of substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.
Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.
The arrangement or disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working.
Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.
The company assembled round a table.
One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium.
A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.
The games of backgammon and of draughts.
A circular plate of crown glass.
The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also perspective plane.
The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.
table (v. t.)
To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.
To supply with food; to feed.
To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
To lay or place on a table, as money.
In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.
To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
table (v. i.)
To live at the table of another; to board; to eat.
table Sentence Examples
- The conference attendees sat at long, rectangular tables adorned with white tablecloths.
- The family gathered around the dining table for their evening meal.
- The laboratory technicians assembled their equipment on a sturdy laboratory table.
- The students took their seats at the long tables in the lecture hall.
- The doctor placed the patient's medical records on the examination table.
- The carpenter carefully measured and cut the wood for the table legs.
- The artist used the table as a canvas for her stunning oil painting.
- The children played a lively game of board games on the kitchen table.
- The salesperson displayed their products on a beautifully arranged display table.
- The librarian arranged the books neatly on the reference tables throughout the library.
FAQs About the word table
a set of data arranged in rows and columns, a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs, a piece of fur
cipher, figure, add, compute, tally, calculate, sum,tabulate, work out, count
launch, carry on, continue, carry on, proceed, proceed, open, launch, extend,open
The conference attendees sat at long, rectangular tables adorned with white tablecloths.
The family gathered around the dining table for their evening meal.
The laboratory technicians assembled their equipment on a sturdy laboratory table.
The students took their seats at the long tables in the lecture hall.
