I.
noun
1 piece of furniture
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , high , huge , large , long
▪ little , low , small
▪ circular , oval , rectangular , round , square
▪ coffee , folding , side , trestle ( esp. BrE )
▪
We arranged the party food on a trestle ~ on the patio.
▪ candlelit , glass-topped , white-clothed
▪ glass , mahogany , marble , metal , oak , oaken , plastic , steel , wooden
▪ polished , scrubbed
▪ rickety , rough
▪ empty
▪
We found an empty ~ at the back of the restaurant.
▪ bare
▪ dining , dining-room , kitchen
▪
She often does her homework at the kitchen ~.
▪ breakfast , dinner , lunch
▪
We never discuss politics at the breakfast ~.
▪ banquet , buffet , picnic , refreshment
▪ cafe , cafeteria , restaurant
▪ corner , end , window
▪
We'll take the corner ~ near the bar, please.
▪ bedside ( esp. BrE ), dressing , night ( AmE )
▪ writing
▪ bargaining ( esp. AmE ), conference , drafting ( AmE ), negotiating
▪
They spent hours around the negotiating ~.
▪ examination ( BrE , AmE ), examining ( AmE ), massage , operating
▪ air-hockey , billiard , foosball™ ( AmE ), ping-pong/Ping-Pong™ ( esp. AmE ), pool , snooker , table-tennis ( BrE )
▪ blackjack , card , gaming , roulette
▪ makeshift
▪
We turned the box upside down and used it as a makeshift ~.
VERB + TABLE
▪ be seated around , be seated at , be seated round ( esp. BrE ), occupy , sit around , sit (down) at , sit round ( esp. BrE )
▪
They were all five of them sitting around the kitchen ~.
▪ lean across , lean over , reach across
▪ get up from , leave
▪
He left the ~ in a hurry.
▪ lay ( BrE ), set
▪
Please set the ~ for six.
▪ clear , wipe
▪
You clear the ~ and I'll wash the dishes.
▪ book , reserve
▪
We booked a ~ at the restaurant for 8 p.m.
▪ overturn
▪ wait ~s ( AmE )
TABLE + VERB
▪ be piled with sth , be strewn with sth
TABLE + NOUN
▪ decorations
▪ edge , leg
▪ mat ( BrE )
▪ cloth (usually tablecloth ) , linen , napkin
▪ lamp
▪ manners
PREPOSITION
▪ across the ~
▪
She leaned across the ~ and kissed him.
▪ around the ~ , round the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
We gathered around the ~ to hear his news.
▪ at the ~
▪
to sit down at the ~
▪ on the ~
▪
She put the vase on the ~.
▪ out from under the ~
▪
James crawled out from under the ~.
▪ over the ~
▪
They flirted over the dinner ~.
▪ under the ~
▪
The potato rolled under the ~.
PHRASES
▪ the centre/center of the ~ , the middle of the ~
▪
My father always sits at the head of the ~.
▪ the edge of the ~ , the end of the ~ , the head of the ~
2 list of facts/figures
ADJECTIVE
▪ statistical
▪ league ( BrE )
▪
The league ~ shows the Danish team in first place with eight points.
▪
school league ~s ( BrE )
▪ multiplication , periodic
VERB + TABLE
▪ compile
▪ consult , see
▪
See Table XII for population figures.
TABLE + VERB
▪ show sth
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical ~.
PHRASES
▪ the bottom of the ~ , the top of the ~
II.
verb
Table is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ amendment , ↑ motion , ↑ resolution