tables 1 of 2

noun

plural of table
1
as in counters
a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food we sat at the kitchen table, playing cards for hours on end

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as in meals
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time always offers a well-prepared table for his guests

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as in plateaus
a broad flat area of elevated land the area between the two canyons forms one broad table

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as in lists
a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system the periodic table of chemical elements

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tables

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verb

present tense third-person singular of table
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as in figures

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as in shelves

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Recent Examples of tables
Noun
Call it a day if the tables turn cold while playing SEVEN hands. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 But there’s only one restaurant with a literary prize and tables Kate Moss has danced on. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 Do not ever prop your feet up on the armrests, seatbacks, or tray tables. — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 At the racetrack, the horses ran, and Crawford hosted members at the Ruidoso Jockey Club, where private tables cost as much as six figures. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 With products available at Walmart, that invitation reaches more households, helping bring familiar traditions to new tables—and giving the next generation something of its own to pass on. — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026 The tables were draped in salmon-pink tablecloths and ringed with bright red chairs, and each plate had a napkin folded into a swan. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Three roaches were on the floor in front of the food expo station, where the cooks put food ready to head out to customer tables. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 The newer move is pulling structured database tables into that same pipeline, so an application can combine the fact sitting in the ledger with the detail buried in the document, rather than being forced to pick one. — Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tables
  1. counters
  2. meals
  3. mesas
  4. lists
  5. figures
  6. shelves
  7. boards
  8. menus
Noun
  • Dupe culture started at beauty counters and in TikTok hauls, and it’s officially landed in the grocery aisle.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Old food debris was found on all the prep counters, refrigerators and cooking refrigerators.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of counters
Noun
  • The Michelin Guide American South announced the restaurants in its 2026 guide Wednesday, offering diners a tool for finding good meals with exceptionally consistent quality and service.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The service Sprightly staff members are friendly, trilingual, and super-efficient, delivering six-course meals with impressive promptness.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of meals
Noun
  • The scenery today, red rocks and flat mesas, could pass for Utah and our hike feels like a geologic safari with Nouri pointing out rock formations that resemble elephants and camels.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Inspired by the region’s terrain of flat desert basins, mesas, and canyons, residents of New Mexico are drawn to this shade the most.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of mesas
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  • Other states regularly collect lists of people who showed noncitizen forms of documentation at the DMV and compare those names to ones on the voter roll to flag potential noncitizen voters.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Right next to the lobby, with its own entrance from the street, Fismuler is Nino Redruello’s restaurant that has jumped to the top of many must-dine lists.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of lists
Verb
  • Schwartz figures the deer is four years old, and plans to return to hunt him next year.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
  • An old-fashioned device came to mind, figures that spun when the thing was given a whirl.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of figures
Verb
  • Clean the wood cabinet doors monthly and the interior shelves every three to six months.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The result was a fun cameo arc that ends on the image of Scorsese breaking down in tears after Matt shelves the iconic director’s dream project to save his own job — a turn that earned Scorsese his first acting nomination.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of shelves
Noun
  • Reese played well in the first two games, even scoring 30 points and grabbing 16 boards in a Game 2 win.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Frasers, which owns Sports Direct, Flannels and Frasers stores, is aggressive and often builds up large stakes in its suppliers, and tries to shake up management and supervisory boards in order to get the best possible trading terms for its stores.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of boards
Noun
  • Now, 10 years later, through Keys Fisheries, her fish is sold in stores, and lionfish appears on restaurant menus throughout the area—and in doing so, millions of native reef fish have been saved from predation.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • December Come to Sicily for the citrus harvest, when menus abound with an abundance of local varieties.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of menus

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“Tables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tables. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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