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tableful

American  
[tay-buhl-fool] / ˈteɪ bəlˌfʊl /

noun

  • tablefuls
    plural
  1. the number of persons that can be seated at a table.

  2. the amount of food, dishes, etc., that a table can hold.


Spelling

See -ful.

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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of tableful

First recorded in 1525–35; table + -ful

Example Sentences

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“A land where shrimp cascaded by the tableful, just there for the taking,” Tom marvels.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2021

When faced with a tableful of her students’ latest works, she once flatly announced, “They are all terrible.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2012

Randall stops picking through a tableful of sunglasses.

From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 2, 2010

Visitors beheld a coruscant and cleverly lit display of wine glasses, bowls, plates, bottles, candlesticks, vases; a tableful of heavy molded "architectural" glass for cornices, tiles, columns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lauren K’s backyard has a tableful of food.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

In Rome's National Gallery of Modern Art last week stood tablefuls of statuettes that had been modern for three millenniums.

From Time Magazine Archive

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