tab
Latintable, board, flat surface
Variants:tabtabl
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From Latin tabula (board, plank, flat surface). Originally a physical board for writing, the meaning expanded to organized data (table, tabulate), a flat device (tablet), and scheduled arrangements (timetable). The tableland sense preserves the original "flat surface" meaning applied to geography.
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table
a piece of furniture with a flat top; a data grid; to present for discussion
tablet
A flat inscribed slab; a small pill; a portable touchscreen computer
timetable
A schedule of events or transport times; to schedule an event
tabulate
To arrange data into a table or list
tableland
A broad, flat elevated area of land; a plateau
tables
Plural of table (furniture or data grid); to arrange in tabular form
tablets
Plural of tablet: slabs, pills, or portable computers