tableful

[ tey-buhl-fool ]

noun

, plural ta·ble·fuls.

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 Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tableful¹

First recorded in 1525–35; table + -ful

Example Sentences

And presently Polly found herself in a little stuffy box of a room, with a tableful of greasy dishes before her.

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Slowly, almost meticulously, he counted them before the gaping tableful of players.

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They all fall upon my tableful, and generally bear away much of it.

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My lady was quite transfigured into the matron, a becoming woman for the head of a great tableful of children and dependents.

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It was worth while to see that long tableful, and the faces of the company, before yet a napkin was touched.

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