Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Table \Ta"ble\, n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board, tablet, a
   painting. Cf. {Tabular}, {Taffrail}, {Tavern}.]
   1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin,
      flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

            A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. --Sandys.

   2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other
      material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or
      painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum book. ``The names . .
      . written on his tables.'' --Chaucer.

            And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of
            stone like unto the first, and I will write upon
            these tables the words that were in the first
            tables, which thou brakest.           --Ex. xxxiv.
                                                  1.

            And stand there with your tables to glean The golden
            sentences.                            --Beau. & Fl.

   3. Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a
      drawing, or the like, may be produced. ``Painted in a
      table plain.'' --Spenser.

            The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which,
            with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don
            Philip, is a most incomparable table. --Evelyn.

            St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a
            poor peasant.                         --Addison.

   4. Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed
      statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single
      view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the
      presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a
      scheme; a schedule. Specifically:
      (a) (Bibliog.) A view of the contents of a work; a
          statement of the principal topics discussed; an index;
          a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
      (b) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties;
          especially, a list of the elementary substances with
          their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.

Table \Ta"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tableed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tableing}.]
   1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to
      table fines.

   2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a
      picture. [Obs.]

            Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation.
                                                  --Bacon.

   3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] --Milton.

   4. (Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by
      alternate scores or projections from the middle, to
      prevent slipping; to scarf.

   5. To lay or place on a table, as money. --Carlyle.

   6. In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone,
      by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or
      the like) till called for, or indefinitely.

   7. To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against
      some one.

   8. (Naut.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of
      (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached
      to the boltrope.

Table \Ta"ble\, v. i.
   To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.]
   ``He . . . was driven from the society of men to table with
   the beasts.'' --South.

Source : WordNet®

table
     n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"
          [syn: {tabular array}]
     2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is
        usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a
        sturdy table"
     3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on
        it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"
     4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively
        safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley
        for water" [syn: {mesa}]
     5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game;
        "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"
     6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and
        board" [syn: {board}]

table
     v : hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone},
          {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {shelve}, {set back},
          {defer}, {remit}, {put off}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

table
     
         A collection of {records} in a {relational database}.
     
        (1997-06-04)