Dining Room Table Center Piece

Dining

As verb (used without object), dined, dining

to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner

to take any meal

As verb (used with object), dined, dining

to entertain at dinner

As noun

Scot

dinner

As Verb phrases

dine out, to take a meal, especially the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant:They dine out at least once a week

Room

As noun

a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:a dining room

rooms, lodgings or quarters, as in a house or building

the persons present in a room:The whole room laughed

space or extent of space occupied by or available for something:The desk takes up too much room

opportunity or scope for something:room for improvement; room for doubt

status or a station in life considered as a place:He fought for room at the top

capacity:Her brain had no room for trivia

Mining

a working area cut between pillars

As verb (used without object)

to occupy a room or rooms; lodge

Table

As noun

an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table

such a piece of furniture specifically used for serving food to those seated at it

the food placed on a table to be eaten:She sets a good table

a group of persons at a table, as for a meal, game, or business transaction

a gaming table

a flat or plane surface; a level area

a tableland or plateau

a concise list or guide:The table of contents in the front of the book includes chapter names and page numbers

an arrangement of words, numbers, or signs, or combinations of them, as in parallel columns, to exhibit a set of facts or relations in a definite, compact, and comprehensive form; a synopsis or scheme

(initial capital letter) Astronomy

the constellation Mensa

a flat and relatively thin piece of wood, stone, metal, or other hard substance, especially one artificially shaped for a particular purpose

Architecture

a course or band, especially of masonry, having a distinctive form or position

a distinctively treated surface on a wall

a smooth, flat board or slab on which inscriptions may be put

tables

the tablets on which certain collections of laws were anciently inscribed: the tables of the Decalogue

the laws themselves

Anatomy

the inner or outer hard layer or any of the flat bones of the skull

Music

a sounding board

Jewelry

the upper horizontal surface of a faceted gem

a gem with such a surface

As verb (used with object), tabled, tabling

to place (a card, money, etc

) on a table

to enter in or form into a table or list

Parliamentary Procedure

Chiefly U

S

to lay aside (a proposal, resolution, etc

) for future discussion, usually with a view to postponing or shelving the matter indefinitely

British

to present (a proposal, resolution, etc

) for discussion

As adjective

of, relating to, or for use on a table:a table lamp

suitable for serving at a table or for eating or drinking:table grapes

As Idioms

on the table, Parliamentary Procedure

U

S

postponed

British

submitted for consideration

turn the tables, to cause a reversal of an existing situation, especially with regard to gaining the upper hand over a competitor, rival, antagonist, etc

:Fortune turned the tables and we won

We turned the tables on them and undersold them by percent

under the table, drunk

as a bribe; secretly: She gave money under the table to get the apartment

wait (on) table, to work as a waiter or waitress:He worked his way through college by waiting table

Also, wait tables

Center

As noun

Geometry

the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices

a point, pivot, axis, etc

, around which anything rotates or revolves:The sun is the center of the solar system

the source of an influence, action, force, etc

:the center of a problem

a point, place, person, etc

, upon which interest, emotion, etc

, focuses:His family is the center of his life

a principal point, place, or object:a shipping center

a building or part of a building used as a meeting place for a particular group or having facilities for certain activities:a youth center; The company has a complete recreation center in the basement

an office or other facility providing a specific service or dealing with a particular emergency:a flood-relief center; a crisis center

a person, thing, group, etc

, occupying the middle position, especially a body of troops

the core or middle of anything:chocolate candies with fruit centers

a store or establishment devoted to a particular subject or hobby, carrying supplies, materials, tools, and books as well as offering guidance and advice:a garden center; a nutrition center

shopping center

(usually initial capital letter) Government

the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that sits in the center of the chamber, a position customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold political views intermediate between those of the Right and Left

the members of such an assembly who sit in the Center

the political position of persons who hold moderate views

politically moderate persons, taken collectively; Centrists; middle-of-the-roaders: Unfortunately, his homeland has always lacked a responsible Center

Football

a lineman who occupies a position in the middle of the line and who puts the ball into play by tossing it between his legs to a back

the position played by this lineman

Basketball

a player who participates in a center jump

the position of the player in the center of the court, where the center jump takes place at the beginning of play

Ice Hockey

a player who participates in a face-off at the beginning of play

Baseball

center field

Physiology

a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific organic process:the vasomotor center

Mathematics

the mean position of a figure or system

the set of elements of a group that commute with every element of the group

Machinery

a tapered rod, mounted in the headstock spindle (live center) or the tailstock spindle (dead center) of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed

one of two similar points on some other machine, as a planing machine, enabling an object to be turned on its axis

a tapered indentation, in a piece to be turned on a lathe, into which a center is fitted

As verb (used with object)

to place in or on a center:She centered the clock on the mantelpiece

to collect to or around a center; focus:He centered his novel on the Civil War

to determine or mark the center of:A small brass star centered the tabletop

to adjust, shape, or modify (an object, part, etc

) so that its axis or the like is in a central or normal position:to center the lens of a telescope; to center the work on a lathe

to place (an object, part, etc

) so as to be equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas

Football

snap (def )

to pass (a basketball, hockey puck, etc

) from any place along the periphery toward the middle of the playing area

As verb (used without object)

to be at or come to a center

to come to a focus; converge; concentrate (followed by at, about, around, in, or on):The interest of the book centers specifically on the character of the eccentric hero

Political power in the town centers in the position of mayor

to gather or accumulate in a cluster; collect (followed by at, about, around, in, or on):Shops and municipal buildings center around the city square

As Idioms

on center, from the centerline or midpoint of a structural member, an area of a plan, etc

, to that of a similar member, area, etc

:The studs are set inches on center

Abbreviation: o

c

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Also, especially British, centre

Piece

As noun

a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:a piece of land; a piece of chocolate

a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body:a nice piece of lumber

a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole:to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces

a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market:cloth sold by the piece

an amount of work forming a single job:to be paid by the piece and not by the hour

an example of workmanship, especially of artistic production, as a picture or a statue:The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso

a literary or journalistic composition, usually short, in prose or verse

a literary selection for recitation:Each child had a chance to recite a piece

a musical composition

one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole:the pieces of a clock

an individual article of a set or collection:a set of dishes containing pieces

Chess, Checkers

one of the figures, disks, blocks, or the like, of wood, ivory, or other material, used in playing, as on a board or table

(in chess) a superior man, as distinguished from a pawn: to take a rook, a bishop, and other pieces

a token, charm, or amulet:a good-luck piece

an individual thing of a particular class or kind:a piece of furniture; a piece of drawing paper

an example, specimen, or instance of something:a fine piece of workmanship

one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred:to tear a letter into pieces

Military

a soldier's rifle, pistol, etc

a cannon or other unit of ordnance: field piece

a coin:a five-cent piece

Midland and Southern U

S

a distance:I'm going down the road a piece

Chiefly North Midland U

S

a snack

Also called piece of ass

Slang: Vulgar

Usually Disparaging and Offensive

a person, usually a woman, considered as a sexual partner: He finally got himself a piece of ass

sexual intercourse: He's always looking for piece of ass

As verb (used with object), pieced, piecing

to mend (a garment, article, etc

) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch

to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often followed by out):to piece out a library with new books

to make by or as if by joining pieces (often followed by together):to piece a quilt; to piece together a musical program

to join together, as pieces or parts:to piece together the fragments of a broken dish

to join as a piece or addition to something:to piece new wire into the cable

to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc

:He pieced the story together after a lot of effort

As verb (used without object), pieced, piecing

Chiefly North Midland U

S

to eat small portions of food between meals; snack

As Idioms

give someone a piece of one's mind

mind (def )

go to pieces, to break into fragments

to lose control of oneself; become emotionally or physically upset: When he flunked out of medical school he went to pieces

of a piece, of the same kind; harmonious; consistent

Also, of one piece

piece of the action

action (def )

piece of work, an extraordinary person, especially one who has extremely negative qualities:She's a nasty piece of work!

speak one's piece, to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject:I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not