tables

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of table. Use this form when you mean more than one table.

   We pushed three tables together for the birthday party.

   The new tables arrived from the furniture store this morning.

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2. 2
   verb

   The form of table used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   Our club often tables hard questions until the next meeting.

   The chair tables each request for later review.

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3. 3
   noununcountableplural

   The board game backgammon, played with dice and round playing pieces.

   They played tables all afternoon by the fire.

   My grandfather taught me tables when I was young.

   Similarbackgammon

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4. 4
   noununcountableplural

   Any board game like backgammon, played on a board with two rows of twelve marks called points.

   Grandpa taught me to play tables, moving my pieces around the points after each roll of the dice.

   In some versions of tables, all the pieces start off the board and enter one by one.

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5. 5
   nouncountableplural

   The halves or quarter sections that a backgammon board is divided into.

   Like the two halves of a soccer field, split by a center line.

   Players move their pieces between the two tables of the board.

   The board splits into four tables, each holding several points.

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