|  table 
  
 
 using a table for meals MEAL
 see also FURNITURE, CHAIR
 - a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs: table
 The food's on the table! ◎ We sat round the table and discussed what to do. ◎ to sit at table (= for a meal)
 - a table used for preparing food, eating meals, etc: kitchen table
 - a table used for eating meals in a dining room: dining table, dining-room table
 - a small low table that is usually in a living room: coffee table
 - a table that you sit at to write or work: desk
 - a small table that stands next to a bed: bedside table
 - a table that you stand at in order to make things: (work)bench
 - the most important end of a table is its head
 She always sat at the head of the table.
 
 
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