What is Table (furniture)?
{{for|other uses|Table}} [[Image:table and chairs.jpg|180px|thumb|right|{{center|A table and [[chair]]s}}]] [[File:Picnic table.jpg|180px|thumb|right|{{center|A picnic table}}]] A '''table''' is a piece of [[furniture]] with a flat top supported by one or more [[leg]]s. People put things on a table, often for a short time, for example [[food]] and [[knife|knives]] and [[fork]]s, etc. at a [[meal]], [[cup]]s for [[drink]]s, a [[book]], a [[map]], writing [[paper]] when writing, and things for [[hobby|hobbies]]. We also put things on tables for a longer time, for example a [[TV]], [[computer]] or [[decoration]]s (pretty things). Often we put a [[cloth]] on the table, flat on the top. There are traditional ways of putting the cloth, knives and forks and food on the table for meals. We can make some tables bigger, for example by pulling the top out. We can also fold some tables to transport them better, for example for [[camp]]ing. There are also small tables in [[Railway|trains]] and [[Fixed-wing aircraft|planes]] which we can fold or open. Some [[round]] tables come with a [[Lazy Susan]]. This is a [[rotate|rotating]] piece of [[wood]] in the center of the table. A table for use [[:wikt:outdoors|outdoors]] is called a picnic table.<ref>''Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Outdoor Carpentry'' (Minneapolis, MN: Creative Pub. International, 2009), p. 77</ref> Traditionally, tables in [[Japan]], ''chabudai'', are low, sometimes round tables, for [[tea]] and food. The name of the international [[organization]] Mensa is from the [[Latin]] word for table. ==Related pages== * [[Chair]] * [[Cupboard]] == References == {{reflist}} {{commons category|Tables}} [[Category:Basic English 850 words]] [[Category:Furniture]]