noun

table

table, chart

The book is on the table.

The book is on the table.

Please look at the table in the report.

Please look at the table in the report.

Let's book a table for four people.

Let's book a table for four people.

((noun)) a piece of furniture We bought a new table.

Synonyms: (furniture) desk, stand; (data) chart, list

From Latin 'tabula', meaning 'a board, plank, tablet'.

Picture a wooden 'tablet' (like an old writing board) being used as a simple 'table'. The lines on the tablet are like the rows in a data 'table'.

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