tables
Syllables: ta·bles/ˈteɪbl̩z/
tables is the plural of table.
tables is the third-person singular simple present indicative of table.
Noun
tables pl (plural only)
- Backgammon.
- Hervor proceeded to the court of King Gudmund, and there one day as she was playing at tables with the king, one of the servants chanced to take up and draw Tirfing, which shone like a sunbeam.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 124
- The halves or quarters of a backgammon board.
- Any backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points".
Meaning of table
Noun
table (plural tables)
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- Set that dish on the table over there, please.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- The baron kept a fine table and often held large banquets.
- A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
Phrases with tables
- bar tables
- cap tables
- end tables
- ICE tables
- kid tables
- log tables
- loo tables
- pay tables
- tea tables
- bird tables
- book tables
- card tables
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- data tables
- fact tables
- fire tables
- hash tables
- high tables
- life tables
- page tables
- pier tables
- pool tables
- RICE tables
- sand tables
- side tables
- tide tables
- time tables
- tray tables
- wait tables
- wall tables
- bench tables
- chart tables
- drink tables
- frame tables
- green tables
- gypsy tables
- hobby tables
- kiddy tables
- kids' tables
- light tables
- medal tables
- nappy tables
- night tables
- piece tables
- pivot tables
- pizza tables
- plane tables
- round tables
- shake tables
- sound tables
- speed tables
- steam tables
- swing tables
- times tables
- truth tables
- water tables
- Cayley tables
- change tables
- coffee tables
- corbel tables
- diaper tables
- dining tables
- dinner tables
- drinks tables
- gaming tables
- kiddie tables
- league tables
- lookup tables
- nature tables
- picnic tables
- roller tables
- rotary tables
- sparse tables
- spider tables
- symbol tables
- tables d'hôte
- toilet tables
- toning tables
- trivet tables
- vanity tables
- bedside tables
- console tables
- drawing tables
- folding tables
- gateleg tables
- kitchen tables
- massage tables
- milking tables
- Noguchi tables
- Parsons tables
- rainbow tables
- sitting tables
- snooker tables
- sorting tables
- trestle tables
- wait on tables
- Wilfley tables
- billiard tables
- changing tables
- cocktail tables
- dispatch tables
- division tables
- drafting tables
- dressing tables
- function tables
- imposing tables
- junction tables
- kiddies' tables
- Morrison tables
- mutating tables
- Pembroke tables
- periodic tables
- sleeping tables
- tables of death
- throwing tables
- traverse tables
- vaulting tables
- waits on tables
- washhand tables
- whirling tables
- drop-leaf tables
- extension tables
- factorial tables
- fence the tables
- inversion tables
- mortality tables
- operating tables
- ping pong tables
- racetrack tables
- refectory tables
- turns the tables
- waited on tables
- children's tables
- conference tables
- experience tables
- fenced the tables
- fences the tables
- high score tables
- high-score tables
- occasional tables
- Rudolphine Tables
- turned the tables
- waiting on tables
- contingency tables
- examination tables
- fencing the tables
- negotiating tables
- negotiation tables
- tables of contents
- turning the tables
- input-output tables
- McClintock's tables
- shuffleboard tables
- table tennis tables
- concentration tables
- capitalization tables
- multiplication tables
- operating room tables
- operating-room tables
- file allocation tables
- distributed hash tables
- extended periodic tables
- analytical tables of contents
Questions about tables
- What does tables mean?
- Tables means backgammon.
- What is tables the plural of?
- Tables is the plural of table.
- What part of speech is tables?
- Tables is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tables?
- Tables is pronounced /ˈteɪbl̩z/.
Words near tables in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tables (page history and authors); table (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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