Periodic Table

–noun

1.	an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.

2.	such a piece of furniture specifically used for serving food to those seated at it.

3.	the food placed on a table to be eaten: She sets a good table.

4.	a group of persons at a table, as for a meal, game, or business transaction.

5.	a gaming table.

6.	a flat or plane surface; a level area.

7.	a tableland or plateau.

8.	a concise list or guide: a table of contents.

9.	an arrangement of words, numbers, or signs, or combinations of them, as in parallel columns, to exhibit a set of facts or relations in a definite, compact, and comprehensive form; a synopsis or scheme.

10.	(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Mensa.

11.	a flat and relatively thin piece of wood, stone, metal, or other hard substance, esp. one artificially shaped for a particular purpose.

12.

~~Architecture~~.

a. a course or band, esp. of masonry, having a distinctive form or position.

b. a distinctively treated surface on a wall.

13.	a smooth, flat board or slab on which inscriptions may be put.

14.

tables,

a.	the tablets on which certain collections of laws were anciently inscribed: the tables of the Decalogue.

b.	the laws themselves.

15.	Anatomy. the inner or outer hard layer or any of the flat bones of the skull.

16.	Music. a sounding board.

17.

Jewelry.

a.	the upper horizontal surface of a faceted gem.

b.	a gem with such a surface.

–verb (used with object)

18.	to place (a card, money, etc.) on a table.

19.	to enter in or form into a table or list.

20.

Parliamentary Procedure.

a.	Chiefly U.S. to lay aside (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for future discussion, usually with a view to postponing or shelving the matter indefinitely.

b.	British. to present (a proposal, resolution, etc.) for discussion.

–adjective 7ef

21.	of, pertaining to, or for use on a table: a table lamp.

22.	suitable for serving at a table or for eating or drinking: table grapes.

—Idioms

23.

on the table, Parliamentary Procedure.

a.	U.S. postponed.

b.	British. submitted for consideration.

24.	turn the tables, to cause a reversal of an existing situation, esp. with regard to gaining the upper hand over a competitor, rival, antagonist, etc.: Fortune turned the tables and we won. We turned the tables on them and undersold them by 50 percent.

25.

under the table,

drunk.

b.	as a bribe; secretly: She gave money under the table to get the apartment.

26.	wait (on) table, to work as a waiter or waitress: He worked his way through college by waiting table. Also, wait tables.

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