tables

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tāʹbəlz, IPA^(key): /ˈteɪbl̩z/
• Hyphenation: ta‧bles

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Noun

tables

1. plural of table

Noun

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

tables

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of table

See also

• turn the tables

Anagrams

• Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, stable

Asturian

Noun

tables

1. plural of tabla

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

tables f

1. plural of table

Verb

tables

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

Anagrams

• baltes, stable

Middle English

Noun

tables

1. plural of table

Spanish

Verb

tables

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of tablar