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Table

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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Narrower term 13

Altar 76% connected

A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.

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Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Booth 76% connected

A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.

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Calendar 76% connected

An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the yea…

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Console 76% connected

To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

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Contents 76% connected

of Content

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Counter 76% connected

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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Desk 76% connected

A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository unde…

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Dresser 76% connected

One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

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Platen 76% connected

The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Vanity 76% connected

The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

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Worktable 76% connected

A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc.

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Broader term 9

Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Array 76% connected

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Delay 76% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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Fare 76% connected

To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

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Furniture 76% connected

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Plateau 76% connected

A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Manner of action 10

Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Probate 76% connected

Proof.

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Procrastinate 76% connected

To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.

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Reprieve 76% connected

To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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Respite 76% connected

A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Scrub 76% connected

To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; a…

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Suspend 76% connected

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

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Derivationally related 4

Tabular 74% connected

Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).

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Tabular 74% connected

Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).

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Tabulate 74% connected

To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.

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Tabulate 74% connected

To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.

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Entails 3

Cancel 72% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Scratch 72% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Scrub 72% connected

To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; a…

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Member part 2

Column 70% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Row 70% connected

Rough; stern; angry.

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Component part 2

Leg 70% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

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Tableware 70% connected

Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.

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See also 2

Position 66% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Position 66% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Synonym 9

Board 92% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Defer 92% connected

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mesa 92% connected

A high tableland; a plateau on a hill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Postpone 92% connected

To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prorogue 92% connected

To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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Remit 92% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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Shelve 92% connected

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tabularize 92% connected

To tabulate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tabulate 92% connected

To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.

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