tabletop

[tey-buhl-top]

noun

1. a surface forming or suggesting the top of a table.

2. a photograph of an arrangement of objects on top of a table.

adjective

1. intended for use on the top of a table or the like.

2. noting or relating to an arrangement of objects, especially miniatures or models, as would be appropriate to the top of a table.

3. noting or relating to a type of game that requires the physical presence of players and the manipulation of game pieces, in contrast to video games.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabletop¹

First recorded in 1800–10; table + top ¹

Example Sentences

The menu includes tabletop grills piled high with grilled short ribs, flap meat, sausage, beef sweetbreads, black sausage, and other deliciousness.

From Salon

She puts one of them, from 1929, on the tabletop in her kitchen.

From BBC

It would require, for example, replacing sprawling strawberry fields with tabletop beds in controlled greenhouses with flat floors conducive to wheeled machines.

From Los Angeles Times

Back in January, the cast of Dimension 20 pulled off something no tabletop RPG show had ever done: they sold out Madison Square Garden.

From Salon

Cartoons, comic books, video games and now tabletop games.

From Los Angeles Times