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ROUND TABLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights

Synonyms:

King Arthur's Round Table; Round Table

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

table (a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs)

Domain category:

fable; legend (a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views

Example:

a roundtable on the future of computing

Synonyms:

round-table conference; round table; roundtable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("round table" is a kind of...):

conference; group discussion (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)

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 Context examples: 

This little round table with the marble top (it's two feet ten in circumference), I bought.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I never could look at her for a few moments together but I found her looking at me—in an odd thoughtful manner, as if I were an immense way off, instead of being on the other side of the small round table.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)