table

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noun

1 piece of furniture

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, high, huge, large, long

▪ little, low, small

▪ circular, oval, rectangular, round, square

▪ coffee, folding, side, trestle (esp. BrE)

▪

We arranged the party food on a trestle table on the patio.

▪ candlelit, glass-topped, white-clothed

▪ glass, mahogany, marble, metal, oak, oaken, plastic, steel, wooden

▪ polished, scrubbed

▪ rickety, rough

▪ empty

▪

We found an empty table at the back of the restaurant.

▪ bare

▪ dining, dining-room, kitchen

▪

She often does her homework at the kitchen table.

▪ breakfast, dinner, lunch

▪

We never discuss politics at the breakfast table.

▪ banquet, buffet, picnic, refreshment

▪ cafe, cafeteria, restaurant

▪ corner, end, window

▪

We'll take the corner table near the bar, please.

▪ bedside (esp. BrE), dressing, night (AmE)

▪ writing

▪ bargaining (esp. AmE), conference, drafting (AmE), negotiating

▪

They spent hours around the negotiating table.

▪ examination (BrE, AmE), examining (AmE), massage, operating

▪ air-hockey, billiard, foosball™ (AmE), ping-pong/Ping-Pong™ (esp. AmE), pool, snooker, table-tennis (BrE)

▪ blackjack, card, gaming, roulette

▪ makeshift

▪

We turned the box upside down and used it as a makeshift table.

VERB + TABLE

▪ be seated around, be seated at, be seated round (esp. BrE), occupy, sit around, sit (down) at, sit round (esp. BrE)

▪

They were all five of them sitting around the kitchen table.

▪ lean across, lean over, reach across

▪ get up from, leave

▪

He left the table in a hurry.

▪ lay (BrE), set

▪

Please set the table for six.

▪ clear, wipe

▪

You clear the table and I'll wash the dishes.

▪ book, reserve

▪

We booked a table at the restaurant for 8 p.m.

▪ overturn

▪ wait tables (AmE)

TABLE + VERB

▪ be piled with sth, be strewn with sth

TABLE + NOUN

▪ decorations

▪ edge, leg

▪ mat (BrE)

▪ cloth (usually tablecloth), linen, napkin

▪ lamp

▪ manners

PREPOSITION

▪ across the table

▪

She leaned across the table and kissed him.

▪ around the table, round the table (esp. BrE)

▪

We gathered around the table to hear his news.

▪ at the table

▪

to sit down at the table

▪ on the table

▪

She put the vase on the table.

▪ out from under the table

▪

James crawled out from under the table.

▪ over the table

▪

They flirted over the dinner table.

▪ under the table

▪

The potato rolled under the table.

PHRASES

▪ the centre/center of the table, the middle of the table

▪

My father always sits at the head of the table.

▪ the edge of the table, the end of the table, the head of the table

2 list of facts/figures

ADJECTIVE

▪ statistical

▪ league (BrE)

▪

The league table shows the Danish team in first place with eight points.

▪

school league tables (BrE)

▪ multiplication, periodic

VERB + TABLE

▪ compile

▪ consult, see

▪

See Table XII for population figures.

TABLE + VERB

▪ show sth

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the table

▪

He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.

PHRASES

▪ the bottom of the table, the top of the table

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verb

Table is used with these nouns as the object: ↑amendment, ↑motion, ↑resolution