tabularEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishtabular /ˈtabjʊlə / ▸ adjective 1 (of data) consisting of or presented in columns or tables: a tabular presentation of running costs. 2 broad and flat like the top of a table: a huge tabular iceberg. ▪ (of a crystal) relatively broad and thin, with two well-developed parallel faces. – DERIVATIVES tabularly adverb– ORIGIN mid 17th century (in tabular (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin tabularis, from tabula (see table).