tabletop

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noun

The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.

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Meanings

nountabletop (plural tabletops)

plural tabletops

  1. furnitureThe flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
  2. hobbiesA fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
  3. advertisingA photograph of an object or product placed on a table.

    Photographic greeting cards are usually tabletops.

    1946, U.S. Camera, volume 9, numbers 6-11, page 72
  4. abbreviationellipsisroleplaying gamesEllipsis of tabletop game.

    Some people watch TV, others play tabletops. You might like to work out. The object is to bide your time.

    2021, Dorian Sykes, The Good Life Part 2: The Re-Up
adjectivetabletop (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSuitable for use on top of a table.
  2. not comparableTaking place on top of a table.

    tabletop gaming

    1 more example

    tabletop photography

verbtabletop (third-person singular simple present tabletops, present participle tabletopping, simple past and past participle tabletopped)

present singular third person tabletops · participle present tabletopping · participle past tabletopped · past tabletopped

  1. rareroleplaying gamesTo play tabletop games.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tabletop game

Origin

From table + top.

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Translations

Afrikaans tafelblad
  • tafelbladhorizontal upper surface of a table
Bulgarian за маса
  • за маса (za masa)suitable for use on the top of a table
Danish bordplade
  • bordpladehorizontal upper surface of a table
Dutch tafelblad
  • tafelbladhorizontal upper surface of a table
Finnish pöytälevy, pöytä-
  • pöytälevyhorizontal upper surface of a table
  • pöytä-suitable for use on the top of a table
French de table
  • de tablesuitable for use on the top of a table
German Tischplatte
  • Tischplattehorizontal upper surface of a table
Hungarian asztallap
  • asztallaphorizontal upper surface of a table
Norwegian Bokmål bordplate
  • bordplatehorizontal upper surface of a table
Polish blat, blatowy
  • blathorizontal upper surface of a table
  • blatowysuitable for use on the top of a table
Russian столе́шница, насто́льный
  • столе́шница (stoléšnica)horizontal upper surface of a table
  • насто́льный (nastólʹnyj)suitable for use on the top of a table
Swedish bordsskiva
  • bordsskivahorizontal upper surface of a table
Thai พื้นโต๊ะ, วางโต๊ะ
  • พื้นโต๊ะhorizontal upper surface of a table
  • วางโต๊ะsuitable for use on the top of a table
  • ตั้งโต๊ะ (dtâng-dtó)suitable for use on the top of a table
  • กระดาน (grà-daan)suitable for use on the top of a table
Turkish masa tablası
  • masa tablasıhorizontal upper surface of a table
Ukrainian стільни́ця
  • стільни́ця (stilʹnýcja)horizontal upper surface of a table

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pottable
Cite this entry
APA

tabletop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabletop

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tabletop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabletop.

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