Meanings
nountableful (plural tablefuls or tablesful)
plural tablefuls · plural tablesful
- As much as fills a table.
It was a perverse amount of meat — enough to slay a tableful of hungry eaters and send everyone home with a to-go pack of smoky ’cue — and even with gas money figured in it was wildly cheaper than anything in the city.
2007 March 7, Peter Meehan, “The Big Apple May Never Be Known as the Big Sparerib, but It’s Smokin’”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Catalan taulada
- tauladaas much as fills a table
Finnish pöydällinen
- pöydällinenas much as fills a table
Russian засто́лье
- засто́лье (zastólʹje)as much as fills a table
Cite this entry
APA
tableful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableful
MLA
“tableful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tableful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableful.
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