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table

noun

1 she put the plates on the table:

bench, board, work surface, counter, desk, bar, buffet, stand, workbench, worktable, top, horizontal surface, surface;

British worktop.

2 he was reputed to provide an excellent table:

meal, food, fare, diet, board, menu, nourishment, nutriment;

eatables, rations, provisions;

informal spread, grub, chow, eats, nosh;

archaic victuals, vittles, viands.

3 the text is accompanied by numerous tables:

list, chart, diagram, figure, graph, plan;

catalogue, inventory, digest, enumeration, tabulation, index, directory, register, itemization, record;

Computing graphic.

verb British

an opposition MP had tabled a question in parliament:

submit, put forward, bring forward, propose, suggest, move, enter, lodge, file, introduce, air, moot, lay.

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