tafel

A piece of furniture with a flat top and legs, used for eating, working, or placing things on.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tafel, ultimately from Latin tabula, meaning “board, plank, writing tablet.”

Collocations

A set of multiplication facts learned as a series, especially in primary-school arithmetic.

Etymology

From the sense “table” as an ordered arrangement of numbers or facts.

Collocations

The table as a place for eating; by extension, a meal or the people gathered for a meal.

Etymology

A figurative extension of the furniture sense, referring to eating at or gathering around a table.

Collocations

An ordered table or list of data, especially in fixed compounds or older usage.

Etymology

From the sense of a flat board or tablet used for displaying written information; compare Dutch tabel.

Collocations