Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high table

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: high- table
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dining table for the use of fellows and their guests at certain traditional and prestigious academic institutions.

Example Sentences

"No one feeds at the high table except the dons and the gentlemen-commoners, who are undergraduates in velvet caps and silk gowns[.]"

Etymology

It is usually on a raised platform at the end of the dining hall, hence higher than the other tables.

Inflected Forms

high tables (plural)

Questions

What does high table mean?: A dining table for the use of fellows and their guests at certain traditional and prestigious academic institutions.
Where does high table come from?: It is usually on a raised platform at the end of the dining hall, hence higher than the other tables.

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