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tables

/ˈteɪbl̩z/

noun

plural plural of table

noun

plural, plural only Backgammon. Hervor proceeded to the court of King Gudmund, and there one day as she was playing at tables with the king, one of the servants chanced to take up and draw Tirfing, which shone like a sunbeam.
plural, plural only The halves or quarters of a backgammon board.
plural, plural only Any backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points".

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of table

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: board, shelve, mesa, set back, remit, put over, postpone, put off, defer, hold over, tabular array, boards, scale, pictures, frame, correspondence

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@misc{tables_2026,
  title = {tables},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tables},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}