Definition of Tables

1. Noun. (plural of table) ¹

2. Noun. (backgammon) The halves or quarters of a backgammon board. ¹

3. Noun. Any backgammon-esque board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points". ¹

4. Verb. (third-person singular of table) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tables

1. table [v] - See also: table

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tables

tablehoppers
tableland
tablelands
tableless
tablelike
tableman
tablemat
tablemate
tablemates
tablemats
tablement
tablements
tableness
tabler
tablers
tables (current term)
tables of contents
tablescape
tablescapes
tablesful
tableside
tablespace
tablespaces
tablespoon
tablespoonful
tablespoonfuls
tablespoons
tablespoonsful
tabless
tablet

Literary usage of Tables

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1830)
"IN last May I transmitted to the Philosophical Society of Cambridge some remarks upon the construction of tables of Annuities; my object in that paper was ..."

2. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1892)
"Steam-tables. — The numerical values representing the various properties of steam, in relation to its pressure, are arranged in the form of tables termed ..."

3. Annual ReportLabor laws and legislation (1906)
"STATISTICAL tables. (A) SUMMARY tables. NUMBER AND MEMBERSHIP OF ALL LABOR ... COMPARATIVE tables. N. Trade and labor unions, by industries, 1894-1905. ..."

4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE FOLLOWING tables. 1. The tables of Electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States, commencing with page 315, ..."

5. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"DOUCE : These tables were sometimes made of slate, in the form of a small portable book, with leaves and clasps. ... In the Middle Ages, ..."

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