tablecloth

[ tey-buh l-klawth, -kloth ]

/ ˈteɪ bəlˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

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noun, plural ta·ble·cloths [tey-buh l-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈteɪ bəlˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

a cloth for covering the top of a table, especially during a meal.

Words nearby tablecloth

table-rapping, table-turning, tableau, tableau curtain, tableau vivant, tablecloth, tableful, tableland, tableside, tablespoon, tablespoonful

Origin of tablecloth

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at table, cloth

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Examples from the Web for tablecloth

Just then there was a rustling under the table and Jackson lifted the tablecloth.
My Surreal Night With Michael Jackson|Abby Ellin|July 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Just then there was a rustling under the table and Jackson lifted the tablecloth and peered underneath.
My Surreal Night With Michael Jackson|Abby Ellin|July 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If you put the mat outside the door, he tore the corner of the tablecloth.
Dew Drops Vol. 37. No. 17, April 26, 1914|Various
A guest helps himself with his fingers and lays the roll or bread on the tablecloth, always.
Etiquette|Emily Post

You are a cheat, North Wind; you have taken back your tablecloth.
Classic Myths|Mary Catherine Judd
At that moment Ivan Ilyitch spluttered so that a great dab of saliva flew on to the tablecloth in a most conspicuous place.
Short Stories|Fiodor Dostoievski
It is pretty generally known that there is a “tablecloth” at Capetown.
Six Months at the Cape|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for tablecloth

tablecloth

/ (ˈteɪbəlˌklɒθ) /

noun

a cloth for covering the top of a table, esp during meals

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tablecloth

noun, plural ta·ble·cloths [tey-buh l-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈteɪ bəlˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

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Origin of tablecloth

Examples from the Web for tablecloth

British Dictionary definitions for tablecloth

noun