Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun As much as a table will hold, or as many as can be seated round a table.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun As much as fills a
table .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tableful.
Examples
-
All of which could be a buzzkill, but as counterpoint I offer my late Auntie Margie, who was deep into her 80s when she once regaled a tableful of my girlfriends with tales of her love life.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Why Some Men Won't Accept That You're Not That Into Them Barbara 2011
-
Picture it: You've got a tableful of tasty food and all of your family and friends are gathered around to share a holiday meal.
Eric Yaverbaum: Honey, Can You Please Pass the Politics? Eric Yaverbaum 2012
-
He speaks for no one but himself and the only authority he speaks with is the smug authority of the dealer in a back room poker game who knows the local cops have been paid off and he's got a tableful of drunken country boys to fleece.
The most successful snake-oil salesman in America today 2009
-
All of which could be a buzzkill, but as counterpoint I offer my late Auntie Margie, who was deep into her 80s when she once regaled a tableful of my girlfriends with tales of her love life.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Why Some Men Won't Accept That You're Not That Into Them Barbara 2011
-
Picture it: You've got a tableful of tasty food and all of your family and friends are gathered around to share a holiday meal.
Eric Yaverbaum: Honey, Can You Please Pass the Politics? Eric Yaverbaum 2012
-
Picture it: You've got a tableful of tasty food and all of your family and friends are gathered around to share a holiday meal.
Eric Yaverbaum: Honey, Can You Please Pass the Politics? Eric Yaverbaum 2012
-
He speaks for no one but himself and the only authority he speaks with is the smug authority of the dealer in a back room poker game who knows the local cops have been paid off and he's got a tableful of drunken country boys to fleece.
Lance Mannion: 2009
-
I accidentally intimidated a tableful of highly educated businesspeople the other night simply by knowing what grapes are in a Bordeaux blend.
Tasting Bordeaux 2005 blind with Robert Parker | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
-
All of which could be a buzzkill, but as counterpoint I offer my late Auntie Margie, who was deep into her 80s when she once regaled a tableful of my girlfriends with tales of her love life.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Why Some Men Won't Accept That You're Not That Into Them Barbara 2011
-
The girls head to Morocco in this sequel, so set out a tableful of light bites, such as olives, dates, assorted cheeses and nuts arranged in small bowls.
Colleen Mullaney: Sex and the City 2 : Host a Premiere Party 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.