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tabletop

noun

Etymology

From table + top.

  1. inherited from *tuppaz✻ — “braid, pigtail, end”
  2. inherited from *topp✻
  3. inherited from topp — “top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”
  4. inherited from top
  5. compounded as tabletop — “table + top”

Definitions

  1. The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.

  2. A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.

  3. A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.

    • Photographic greeting cards are usually tabletops.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Ellipsis of tabletop game.

      • Some people watch TV, others play tabletops. You might like to work out. The object is to bide your time.

    2. Suitable for use on top of a table.

    3. Taking place on top of a table.

      • tabletop photography
      • tabletop gaming

    4. To play tabletop games.

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Derived

tabletopper

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tabletop. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA