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table

n. a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table"

table

n. a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"

board

n. food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"

tabular array

n. a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"

mesa

n. flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"

billiard table, pool table, snooker table

n. game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played

set back, remit, put off, defer, hold over, postpone, shelve, put over

v. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

bar

n. a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"

victuals, commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, food supply, food stock, food supplies

n. a stock or supply of foods

temporize

v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

stamp, pigeonhole, stereotype

v. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

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