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

Similar Words: board, tabular array, mesa, postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

Hyponyms: altar, communion table, Lord's table, booth, breakfast table, card table, coffee table, cocktail table, conference table, council table, council board, console table, console, counter, desk, dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet table, drop-leaf table, gaming table, gueridon, kitchen table, operating table, Parsons table, pedestal table, pier table, platen, pool table, billiard table, snooker table, Round Table, King Arthur's Round Table, stand, table-tennis table, ping-pong table, pingpong table, tea table, trestle table, worktable, work table, dining table, board, training table, correlation table, contents, table of contents, actuarial table, statistical table, calendar, file allocation table, periodic table, call, hold, suspend, probate, reprieve, respite

Entailments: cancel, call off, reschedule

Derivational Morphology: board, room, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate, putoff, postponement, deferment, deferral, shelver, prorogation, procrastinator, postponer, cunctator

Anagrams: bleat, blate