table

Everyday

1. A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs, where you eat, work or put things. tree →
2. A table is also a set of numbers or words in rows and columns, like a times table or a timetable. tree →
3. The table can mean the people sitting at it: «the whole table laughed». tree →

In the lessons

the place where things are put and taken away; a «times table» is a list of products (3 × 1, 3 × 2 …); in science a table of results records what we measured; phrases: «set the table», «clear the table», «at the table», «times tables»

Examples

• I put three spoons on the table. tree →
• There are 4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box. tree →
• Mia takes 2 apples off the table. tree →
• Please set the table for dinner. tree →
• We learned the 7 times table today. tree →
• Write your results in the table. tree →
• The bus table shows when the next bus comes. tree →
• The whole table cheered when the cake arrived. tree →
• The copyists sat at their tables. tree →

Note

A place, not an amount. «on the table and in the box» lists two parts to add. Trap: a «times table» is a list of products, not furniture. Countable: a table, tables. «Turn the tables» means to change who is winning.

In Jewish tradition

In the Tabernacle it was a special gold-covered table that held the showbread before God.

Interpretation. Tradition says twelve loaves, one for each tribe, were set on it each Sabbath. It is seen as a sign of God's blessing of food and plenty.

Examples

• the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.39.36, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway. (Torah EXO.25.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.35.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.' (Prophets 1SA.20.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart. (Writings PRO.7.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. (Writings SNG.1.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A place, not an amount. «on the table and in the box» lists two parts to add. Trap: a «times table» is a list of products, not furniture. Countable: a table, tables. «Turn the tables» means to change who is winning.