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stand:She bought a hot dog from a stand on a street corner.

tab|leau /tæ bloʊ/ (tableaux )

1 N‑COUNT A tableau is a scene, for example from the Bible, history, or mythology, that consists of a group of people in costumes who do not speak or move. The people are sometimes on a float in a procession. □  …tableaux depicting the foundation of Barcelona.

2 N‑COUNT A tableau is a piece of art such as a sculpture or painting that shows a scene, especially one from the Bible, history, or mythology. □  …Gaudi's luxuriant stone tableau of the Nativity on the cathedral's east face.

table|cloth /te I b ^ə lklɒθ, [AM ] -klɔːθ/ (tablecloths ) N‑COUNT A tablecloth is a cloth used to cover a table.

ta |ble danc|ing N‑UNCOUNT Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.

ta |ble lamp (table lamps ) N‑COUNT A table lamp is a small electric lamp which stands on a table or other piece of furniture.

ta |ble man|ners N‑PLURAL You can use table manners to refer to the way you behave when you are eating a meal at a table. □  He attacked the food as quickly as decent table manners allowed.

table|spoon /te I b ^ə lspuːn/ (tablespoons )

1 N‑COUNT A tablespoon is a fairly large spoon used for serving food and in cooking.

2 N‑COUNT You can refer to an amount of food resting on a tablespoon as a tablespoon of food. □ [+ of ] …a tablespoon of sugar.

table|spoon|ful /te I b ^ə lspuːnfʊl/ (tablespoonfuls or tablespoonsful ) N‑COUNT You can refer to an amount of food resting on a tablespoon as a tablespoonful of food. □ [+ of ] Grate a tablespoonful of fresh ginger into a pan.

tab|let /tæ blət/ (tablets )

1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A tablet is a small solid round mass of medicine which you swallow. □  It is never a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.

2 N‑COUNT A tablet is a small flat computer that you operate by touching the screen. [COMPUTING ] □  …a free guide to the best tablets on the market.

3 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] Clay tablets or stone tablets are the flat pieces of clay or stone which people used to write on before paper was invented.

4tablets of stone → see stone

ta |ble ten|nis also table-tennis N‑UNCOUNT Table tennis is a game played inside by two or four people. The players stand at each end of a table which has a low net across the middle and hit a small light ball over the net, using small bats.

ta |ble top (table tops ) also tabletop N‑COUNT A table top is the flat surface on a table.

table|ware /te I b ^ə lweə ^r / N‑UNCOUNT Tableware consists of the objects used on the table at meals, for example plates, glasses, or cutlery. [FORMAL ]

ta |ble wine (table wines ) N‑VAR Table wine is fairly cheap wine that is drunk with meals.

tab|loid /tæ blɔ I d/ (tabloids ) N‑COUNT A tabloid is a newspaper that has small pages, short articles, and lots of photographs. Tabloids are often considered to be less serious than other newspapers. Compare broadsheet .

ta|boo /tæbuː / (taboos ) N‑COUNT If there is a taboo on a subject or activity, it is a social custom to avoid doing that activity or talking about that subject, because people find them embarrassing or offensive. □  The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo. ● ADJ Taboo is also an adjective. □  Cancer is a taboo subject and people are frightened to talk openly about it.

tabu|late /tæ bjʊle I t/ (tabulates , tabulating , tabulated ) VERB To tabulate information means to arrange it in columns on a page so that it can be analysed. □ [be V -ed] Results for the test program haven't been tabulated.

tacho|graph /tæ kəgrɑːf, -græf/ (tachographs ) N‑COUNT A tachograph is a device that is put in vehicles such as lorries and coaches in order to record information such as how fast the vehicle goes, how far it travels, and the number of breaks the driver takes. [BRIT ]