table

/ˈteɪbl̩/
nounverb

Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.

NWL Collins ENABLE Wordle answer list

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.

    “Set that dish on the table over there, please.”

  2. A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table.

  3. A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents.

    “table of contents, tide table”

  4. Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.

    “to table fines”

  2. To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.

  3. To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).

    “The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.”

  4. To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”).

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TABLE at a glance

TABLE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (T 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #920 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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  • CABLE9
  • FABLE10
  • GABLE8
  • SABLE7
  • TABLA7
  • HABLE10

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