Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cloth to cover a table, especially during a meal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horizontal sheet of cloud spreading over the top of Table Mountain, southwest of Cape Town, South Africa, and hanging down over the precipitous cliffs of the northeast front of the mountain.
- noun A cloth for covering the top of a table.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cloth used tocover andprotect atable , especially for adining table .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a covering spread over a dining table
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the window has new drapes, then the tablecloth is not.
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The clear plastic over a lovely tablecloth is a good idea.
The Linen Closet 2006
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When they gave up, they covered him with a white linen tablecloth from the dining car.
"Janet! Donkeys!" Roger Sutton 2006
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First Nations said ... do they make a loin tablecloth? martha stewart wants to know. its a good thang.
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So what I want to think when I hear that Cath’s babies are dead, Martin goes on, tossing pieces of the red label onto the tablecloth, is that it’s God’s will, right?
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Shouldn’t we be focusing on bigger issues than whether or not burning a tablecloth is legal?
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But the knives on the tablecloth were the usual restaurant knives with rounded ends and about as deadly as pieces of hoop-iron.
The Arrow of Gold 2006
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Dick now perceived that the tablecloth was a little the worse for wear, and reflecting for a moment, concluded that
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The yellow Formica table is covered with a plain white tablecloth, which is in turn covered with a white lace tablecloth.
Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006
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The tablecloth was a very old one, darned in a score places.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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