Tablecloth

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

    "Just across the field stood a small house. In the yard the week's washing was hung out. Among the articles was a red tablecloth."

  2. 2
    a covering spread over a dining table wordnet

Synonyms

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canopycover

Example

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"The tablecloth is in the cabinet."

Etymology

From Middle English tabyllcloth, table cloth, tabylle clothe, a partial translation of earlier Middle English bord cloth, bordcloth (“tablecloth”), from Old English bordclāþ, equivalent to table + cloth.

Related phrases

dining table

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