Table Word Meaning

Old English tabule ‘flat slab, inscribed tablet’, from Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French table

a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at

piece of furniture with flat top and one or more legs

• she put the plate on the table
• he rang the restaurant to book a table for lunch

a set of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns

set of facts or figures systematically displayed

• the population has grown, as shown in table 1

a flat, typically rectangular, vertical surface; a panel.

flat vertical surface

present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting

present formally for discussion or consideration at meeting

• more than 200 amendments to the bill have already been tabled

postpone consideration of

postpone consideration of

• I'd like the issue to be tabled for the next few months

strengthen (a sail) by making a hem at the edge.

strengthen sail by making hem at edge