A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top that you put things on or sit at.

If you ask for a table in a restaurant, you want to have a meal there.

If someone tables a proposal, they say formally that they want it to be discussed at a meeting.

If someone tables a proposal or plan which has been put forward, they decide to discuss it or deal with it at a later date, rather than straight away.

A table is a written set of facts and figures arranged in columns and rows.

A table is a list of the multiplications of numbers between one and twelve. Children often have to learn tables at school.

If you put something on the table, you present it at a meeting for it to be discussed.

If you turn the tables on someone, you change the situation completely, so that instead of them causing problems for you, you are causing problems for them.