tables

ta·bles
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/ˈteɪbl̩z/

noun

Backgammon.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of table
nountables pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyBackgammon.

    Hervor proceeded to the court of King Gudmund, and there one day as she was playing at tables with the king, one of the servants chanced to take up and draw Tirfing, which shone like a sunbeam.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 124
  2. pluralplural onlybackgammonThe halves or quarters of a backgammon board.
  3. pluralplural onlyAny backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points".
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of table

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“tables.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tables. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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