Definition of: table

(tā′bəl) noun
1. An article of furniture with a flat horizontal top upheld by one or more supports.
2. Such a table around which persons sit for a meal: to set the table.
3. The food served or entertainment provided at a meal or dinner.
4. The company of persons at a table.
5. A gaming table, as for roulette, dice, etc.
6. A collection of related numbers, values, signs, or items of any kind, arranged for ease of reference or comparison, often in parallel columns: a table of logarithms; a table of statistics.
7. A synoptical statement; list: table of contents.
8. A tableland; plateau.
9. Geol. A horizontal stratum of rock.
10. The flat facet cut across the top of a precious stone.
11. Archit. a A raised horizontal surface or band of molding on a wall; a string-course. b A raised or sunken panel on a wall.
12. In palmistry, the quadrangle formed by four lines of the hand.
13. In backgammon: a Either of the two leaves of a backgammon board. b plural Obs. Backgammon.
14. Anat. One of the flat bony plates forming the inner or outer part of the cranium.
15. A tablet or slab bearing an inscription; especially, one of those which bore the Ten Commandments or certain Roman laws.
—to turn the tables To thwart an opponent's action and turn the situation to his disadvantage.
—v.t. ·bled, ·bling
1. To place on a table, as a playing card.
2. To postpone discussion of (a resolution, bill, etc.) until a future time, or for an indefinite period.
3. Rare To make into or enter in a list or table; tabulate. [Fusion of OF table and OE tabule, both <L tabula board]