table
/ˈteɪbl̩/ noun A1- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. · Set that dish on the table over there, please.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- A supply of food or entertainment. · The baron kept a fine table and often held large banquets.
- A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into an inner and outer table.
- The game of backgammon, or any of several related games.
Plural tables
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This toast, recalling at once the patient exile of Hartwell and the peace-loving King of France, excited universal enthusiasm; glasses were elevated in the air à l’Anglaise, and the ladies, snatching their bouquets from their fair bosoms, strewed the table with their floral treasures.
He must have placed it on the table before he was attacked; otherwise, of course, it would have fallen when he fell.
But it seems you have come back rich, my boy,” continued the tailor, looking askance at the handful of gold and silver which Dantès had thrown on the table.
I was expressing to my father my fears that he had wanted many things in my absence, and to convince me he emptied his purse on the table.
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