TABLE
What does "TABLE" mean?
A piece of furniture with a flat top supported by legs, used to work or eat at.
Meanings
- A flat-topped piece of furniture on legs, used for eating, working, or placing things. We gathered around the kitchen table for dinner.
- An arrangement of data in labelled rows and columns. The report summarized the results in a single table.
- To present formally for discussion or consideration (British usage). The minister tabled the bill before recess. formal
- To postpone discussion of a proposal (American usage). The committee voted to table the motion until next month. formal
Did you know?
- To 'table' a proposal means opposite things across the Atlantic: in British English it brings the item up for discussion, while in American English it sets the item aside.
Word origin
From Latin 'tabula' (a board, plank, writing tablet), into Old English and Old French as 'table'; the same root gives 'tablet' and 'tableau'.
Remember it
TABLE holds a 'TAB' you can press and an 'ABLE' surface to work on.
A little poem
Four legs hold the day-
bread, elbows, spilled salt, the news,
wiped clean by nightfall.
haiku
Wordplay
- A British MP and an American senator both said they'd table the motion - and somehow ended up arguing about whether it was happening now or never.
What it teaches
The same plain word can move a thing forward or shelve it; meaning lives in the room, not the dictionary.
Quick facts
What does TABLE mean?
A piece of furniture with a flat top supported by legs, used to work or eat at.
Is TABLE a valid word?
Yes — TABLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TABLE?
TABLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TABLE come from?
From Latin 'tabula' (a board, plank, writing tablet), into Old English and Old French as 'table'; the same root gives 'tablet' and 'tableau'.
What can TABLE teach us?
The same plain word can move a thing forward or shelve it; meaning lives in the room, not the dictionary.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.