n.
piece of furniture
1) to lay ( esp. BE ), set ( esp. AE ) a ~
2) to clear a ~
3) a card; coffee; dining-room; dressing; drop-leaf; end; folding; kitchen; night; operating; ping-pong; pool; tray; writing ~
4) ( AE ) a training ~ (for members of a team)
5) around, round a ~ (to sit around a ~)
6) at the ~/at ~ ( BE ) ('while eating') (we never discuss politics at the dinner ~)
~ for conducting discussions, negotiations
negotiating session
7) a bargaining, conference, negotiating; round ~
8) at the ~ (at the negotiating ~)
enumeration, list
9) to compile, draw up a ~
10) a conversion; genealogy; mortality; multiplication; periodic ~
11) logarithmic ~s
12) in a ~ (to give data in ~s)
level
13) a water ~
misc.
14) to turn the ~s on smb. ('to reverse the roles in a struggle with smb.'); under the ~ ('illegally')