Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - table
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n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at, playing games on, etc. 2 a flat surface serving a specified purpose (altar table; bird table). 3 a food provided in a household (keeps a good table). b a group seated at table for dinner etc. 4 a a set of facts or figures systematically displayed, esp. in columns (a table of contents). b matter contained in this. c = multiplication table. 5 a flat surface for working on or for machinery to operate on. 6 a a slab of wood or stone etc. for bearing an inscription. b matter inscribed on this. 7 = TABLELAND. 8 Archit. a a flat usu. rectangular vertical surface. b a horizontal moulding, esp. a cornice. 9 a a flat surface of a gem. b a cut gem with two flat faces. 10 each half or quarter of a folding board for backgammon. 11 (prec. by the) Bridge the dummy hand. --v.tr. 1 bring forward for discussion or consideration at a meeting. 2 postpone consideration of (a matter). 3 Naut. strengthen (a sail) with a wide hem. Phrases and idioms at table taking a meal at a table. lay on the table 1 submit for discussion. 2 postpone indefinitely. on the table offered for discussion. table knife a knife for use at meals, esp. in eating a main course. table licence a licence to serve alcoholic drinks only with meals. table linen tablecloths, napkins, etc. table manners decorum or correct behaviour while eating at table. table-mat a mat for protecting a tabletop from hot dishes, etc. table salt salt that is powdered or easy to powder for use at meals. table talk miscellaneous informal talk at table. table tennis an indoor game based on lawn tennis, played with small bats and a ball bounced on a table divided by a net. table wine ordinary wine for drinking with a meal. turn the tables (often foll. by on) reverse one's relations (with), esp. by turning an inferior into a superior position (orig. in backgammon). under the table colloq. drunken after a meal. Derivatives tableful n. (pl. -fuls). tabling n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L tabula plank, tablet, list
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tabule & Anglo-French ~; both from Latin tabula board, ~t, list Date: before 12th century ~t 1a, 2. backgammon, one of the two leaves of a backgammon board or either half of a leaf, 3. a piece of furniture consisting of a smooth flat slab fixed on legs, b. a supply or source of food, an act or instance of assembling to eat ; meal , c. a group of people assembled at or as if at a ~, a legislative or negotiating session , stringcourse, 5. a systematic arrangement of data usually in rows and columns for ready reference, a condensed enumeration ; list , something that resembles a ~ especially in having a plane surface: as, the upper flat surface of a cut precious stone, b. ~land, a horizontal stratum, II. transitive verb (~d; tabling) Date: 15th century to enter in a ~, 2. to place on the agenda, to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration indefinitely, to put on a ~, III. adjective Date: 1547 sui~ for a ~ or for use at a ~ , sui~ for serving at a ~ , proper for conduct at a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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