English Explanatory Dictionary

tabula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.
  2. A table, index, or list of data.
  3. A legal record.
  4. A writing-tablet, slate, or similar medium on which to write.
  5. A frontal; a drapery for an altar.
  6. An ancient Roman game similar to backgammon that was played on a board with 24 divisions.
  7. One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.

Word forms

tabula tabulae tabulæ

Etymology

From Latin tabula. Doublet of table and tavla.

Related words

tabula ansata tabula lusoria tabular tabula rasa tabulate tabulated tabulation
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