DAILY UPDATED VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES. TABLE

• ta‧ble [countable]
• 1

  furniture

   a piece of furniture with a flat top supported by legs:
• the dining-room table
• lay the table British English set the tableAmerican English (=put knives, forks etc on a table before a meal)
• The waiter cleared the table (=took all the plates, glasses etc off).
• book/reserve a table (=in a restaurant)
• I've booked a table for two for 8 o'clock.
• coffee/bedside/dinner table
• 2

  sport/game

  snooker/billiard/ping-pong etc table

   a special table for playing a particular indoor sport or game on
• 3

  list

   a list of numbers, facts, or information arranged in rows across and down a page
• table of
• a table of results
• the table of contents
• 4

  on the table

   an offer, idea etc that is on the table has been officially suggested and someone is considering it:
• The offer on the table is a 10% wage increase.
• 5

  turn the tables (on somebody)

   to change a situation completely, so that someone loses an advantage and you gain one:
• The tables were turned in the second half, when Leeds United scored from the penalty spot.
• 6

  under the table

  informal money that is paid under the table is paid secretly and illegally:
• Payments were made under the table to local officials.
• 7

  maths

  times table

   a list that young children learn, in which all the numbers between 1 and 12 are multiplied by each other [= multiplication table]
• three/four etc times table
• He's 12 years old and still doesn't know his three times table.
• 8

  group

   the group of people sitting around a table:
• His stories kept the whole table amused.

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.