tables

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • enPR: tāʹbəlz, IPA(key): /ˈteɪbl̩z/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bles
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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tables

  1. plural of table

Noun

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tables pl (plural only)

  1. Backgammon.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 124:
      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.
  2. (backgammon) The halves or quarters of a backgammon board.
  3. Any backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points".

Verb

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tables

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of table

See also

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Noun

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tables

  1. plural of tabla

French

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Noun

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tables f

  1. plural of table

Verb

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tables

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tabler

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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tables

  1. plural of table

Spanish

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Verb

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tables

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tablar