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tabletop

tabletop noun: the flat, horizontal upper surface of a table. Also the ellipsis of tabletop game.

tabletop: the flat, horizontal upper surface of a table
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Noun

tabletop (plural tabletops)

  1. The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
  2. A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
  3. A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.
    • Photographic greeting cards are usually tabletops.1946, U.S. Camera, volume 9, numbers 6-11, page 72

Adjective

tabletop (not comparable)

  1. Suitable for use on top of a table.
  2. Taking place on top of a table.
    • tabletop photography
    • tabletop gaming

Verb

tabletop (third-person singular simple present tabletops, present participle tabletopping, simple past and past participle tabletopped)

  1. (rare, roleplaying games) To play tabletop games.

Also used as

tabletop is also the ellipsis of tabletop game.

tabletop meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

tabletop in Hindi

टेबलटॉप

tabletop in Marathi

टेबलटॉप

tabletop in Bengali

টেবিলটপ

tabletop in Telugu

టేబుల్టాప్
More languagesFewer languages
tabletop in Malayalam
ടേബിൾടോപ്പ്
tabletop in Punjabi
ਟੇਬਲਟੌਪ, ਟੇਬਲਟਾਪ
tabletop in Gujarati
ટેબલટોપ, ટેબલટૉપ
tabletop in Odia
ଟେବୁଲ୍ଟପ୍, ଟେବୁଲଟପ୍
tabletop in Nepali
टेबलटप, टेबलट्याप, टेबलटोप
tabletop in Thai
พื้นโต๊ะ, วางโต๊ะ, ตั้งโต๊ะ dtâng-dtó, กระดาน grà-daan

Examples of tabletop in a sentence

  • He busted out an ancient no-fidelity tabletop radio and proceeded to play some tinny music from the AM dial.
  • This tabletop is made of glass.
  • Tabletop Simulator's forums and community have essentially melted under the blazing bigot influx at this point.

All 11 example sentences with tabletop

Forms of tabletop

Noun
pluraltabletops
Verb
third-person singular presenttabletops
present participletabletopping
past participletabletopped
pasttabletopped

Plural of tabletop: tabletops

Origin of tabletop

From table + top.

Words formed from tabletop

Phrases with tabletop

Questions about tabletop

What does tabletop mean?
Tabletop means the flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
What is tabletop in Hindi?
Tabletop in Hindi is टेबलटॉप. See Tabletop meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tabletop?
Tabletop can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
What is the plural of tabletop?
The plural of tabletop is tabletops.

Words near tabletop in the dictionary

  1. tabletary
  2. tableted
  3. tableting
  4. tabletless
  5. tabletlike
  6. tabletop
  7. tabletop game
  8. tabletop games
  9. tabletopped
  10. tabletopper
  11. tabletoppers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tabletop (page history and authors); tabletop (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tabletop (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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