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table-cloth

table-cloth is the alternative form of tablecloth.

Meaning of tablecloth

Noun

tablecloth (plural tablecloths)

  1. A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
    • Just across the field stood a small house. In the yard the week's washing was hung out. Among the articles was a red tablecloth.1893, Horatio Alger, Jr., Facing the World

Forms of table-cloth

pluraltable-cloths

Questions about table-cloth

What is table-cloth the alternative form of?
Table-cloth is the alternative form of tablecloth.

Words near table-cloth in the dictionary

  1. table volcanoes
  2. table water
  3. table waters
  4. table wine
  5. table wines
  6. table-cloth
  7. table-cloths
  8. table-decker
  9. table-deckers
  10. table-diamond
  11. table-diamonds

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