table

The definition of a table is a piece of furniture with a flat top and legs or people who are sitting together at a restaurant to eat a meal together.

(noun)

An example of a table is the furniture at which you sit to eat your breakfast or dinner.
An example of table is a group of four people who are eating together at a restaurant.

To table is defined as to put something on hold.

(verb)

An example of table is when you decide not to consider an idea or proposal for a certain period of time.

See table in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Obsolete a thin, flat tablet or slab of metal, stone, or wood, used for inscriptions
1. a piece of furniture consisting of a flat, horizontal top usually set on legs
2. such a table set with food for a meal
3. food served at table; feasting as entertainment
4. the people seated at a table to eat, talk, etc.
5. a meeting at which issues are discussed, negotiations are conducted, etc.: they brought fresh offers to the table
any of various large, flat-topped pieces of furniture or equipment used for games, as a working surface, etc.: pool table, examining table
1. a compact, systematic list of details, contents, etc.
2. a compact arrangement of related facts, figures, values, etc. in orderly sequence, and usually in rows and columns, for convenience of reference: the multiplication table
tableland
the flat upper surface of certain styles of faceted gems
Anat. the hard inner or outer layer of the bony tissue of the skull
Archit.
1. any horizontal, projecting piece, as a molding or cornice; stringcourse
2. a plain or decorated rectangular piece set into or raised on a wall; panel
Backgammon either of the two folding leaves of a backgammon board

Origin: OFr < L tabula, a board, painting, tablet < ? IE *taldhla < base *tel-, flat, a board > OE thille, thin board, flooring

adjective

transitive verb tabled, tabling

Obsolete to make a list or compact arrangement of; tabulate
to put on a table
☆ to postpone indefinitely the discussion or consideration of (a legislative bill, motion, etc.)
Brit. to submit for discussion or consideration

See table in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. An article of furniture supported by one or more vertical legs and having a flat horizontal surface.
b. The objects laid out for a meal on this article of furniture.
The food and drink served at meals; fare: kept an excellent table.
The company of people assembled around a table, as for a meal.
Games A piece of furniture serving as a playing surface, as for faro, roulette, or dice. Often used in the plural.
Games
a. Either of the leaves of a backgammon board.
b. tables Obsolete The game of backgammon.
A plateau or tableland.
a. A flat facet cut across the top of a precious stone.
b. A stone or gem cut in this fashion.
Music
a. The front part of the body of a stringed instrument.
b. The sounding board of a harp.
Architecture
a. A raised or sunken rectangular panel on a wall.
b. A raised horizontal surface or continuous band on an exterior wall; a stringcourse.
A part of the human palm framed by four lines, analyzed in palmistry.
An orderly arrangement of data, especially one in which the data are arranged in columns and rows in an essentially rectangular form.
An abbreviated list, as of contents; a synopsis.
An engraved slab or tablet bearing an inscription or a device.
Anatomy The inner or outer flat layer of bones of the skull separated by the diploe.
tables A system of laws or decrees; a code: the tables of Moses.