water table
Webster Dictionary
a molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall
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setting
(ˈsɛt ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a group of all the articles, as of china or silver, required for setting a table or a single place at a table.
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arm wrestling
(ˈɑrmˌstrɔŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a form of wrestling in which two opponents grip right or left hands with elbows on a table, the winner forcing the other's hand down to touch the table.
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credence
Webster Dictionary
the small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated
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worktable
Webster Dictionary
a table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc
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syllabary
Webster Dictionary
a table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters
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fiddle
Webster Dictionary
a rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather
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table
Webster Dictionary
hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table
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tablecloth
Webster Dictionary
a cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals
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mensal
Webster Dictionary
belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation
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table
Webster Dictionary
to form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines
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ping-pong table
(table-tennis table, ping-pong table, pingpong table)
Princeton's WordNet
a table used for playing table tennis
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table-tennis table
(table-tennis table, ping-pong table, pingpong table)
Princeton's WordNet
a table used for playing table tennis
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pingpong table
(table-tennis table, ping-pong table, pingpong table)
Princeton's WordNet
a table used for playing table tennis
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counter
Webster Dictionary
a table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured
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commensality
Webster Dictionary
fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table
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billiards
(ˈbɪl yərdz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several games played with hard balls that are driven with a cue on a cloth-covered table, esp. a game played with a cue ball and two object balls on a table without pockets.
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platen
Webster Dictionary
the movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table
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cover
Webster Dictionary
a tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests
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trencher
Webster Dictionary
the table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food
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service
Webster Dictionary
the act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass
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random number
(ˈræn dəˌmaɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
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billiards
Webster Dictionary
a game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished
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object
(ʊˈbɪtʃ uˌɛr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun representing either the goal or recipient of the action of a verb or the goal of a preposition, as ball in I hit the ball, her and question in He asked her a question, or table in under the table.
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dais
Webster Dictionary
the high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table
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nim
(nim)
Princeton's WordNet
game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
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brilliant
Webster Dictionary
a diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below
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tab.
(æb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
table.
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mensal
(ˈmɛn səl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or used at the table.
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case knife
(ˈkeɪ siˌneɪt, -si ə-, keɪˈsi neɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a table knife.
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