- table
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. board, slab; desk, counter; food, diet, fare, cuisine, menu; index, compendium, catalog, chart, tabulation, list, schedule; tableland, plateau, mesa. See horizontal.II(Roget's IV) n.1. [A piece of furniture]Syn. desk, pulpit, stand, board, counter, slab, dresser, bureau, lectern, sideboard, washstand, sink, horse, tea wagon, trivet; see also furniture .Types of tables include: writing table, secretary, dining table, kitchen table, card table, drafting table, vanity table, operating table, altar table, retable, end table, coffee table, tea table, drop-leaf table, laboratory table, library table, refectory table.2. [A statement in tabulated form]Syn. schedule, digest, synopsis, report, record, chart, register, spreadsheet, compendium, index, appendix, table of contents, tabular illustration, statistics; see also summary .3. [Food]• turn the tables*,Syn. reverse, alter, switch; see change 1 .• under the table*,4.Syn. covertly, surreptitiously, not obviously; see secretly .5.Syn. into a stupor, dead-drunk, out cold; see drunk .v.Syn. postpone, defer, put off; see delay 1 .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)In.1. furniture board, counter, sideboard, stand, dining room table, drop-leaf table, coffee table, end table, parsons table, buffet, writing table, desk.2. list chart, graph, diagram, column, tabulation, index, register.IIv.postpone, delay, shelve, *put on the back burner, put aside, suspend, hold off, sideline, defer, pigeonhole, freeze.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun An orderly columnar display of data: chart, tabulation. See KNOWLEDGE. II verb To put off until a later time: adjourn, defer1, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay1, suspend, waive. Informal: wait. Idiom: put on ice. See DO.
English dictionary for students. 2013.