table
• noun 1 a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, for eating, writing, or working at. 2 a set of facts or figures systematically displayed. 3 (tables) multiplication tables. 4 food provided in a restaurant or household: food includes a lunchtime buffet table. • verb Brit. present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting. — PHRASES on the table available for discussion. turn the tables reverse a situation disadvantageous to oneself so that it becomes advantageous. — ORIGIN Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’.
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