tablecloth
noun
ta·ble·cloth
ˈtā-bəl-ˌklȯth 
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Begin with a dark green tablecloth, then layer with matching glass and dishware.
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Seltzer, an entertainment entrepreneur and promoter of walkathons, supposedly scribbled the basics of the sport on a tablecloth at a Ricketts restaurant in Chicago in the spring of 1935.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Available now; $19.99 Kirkton House Cotton Tablecloth My mother taught me that one of the easiest ways to bring color and festivity into your home is with a tablecloth.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025
But the premises of this New York space will remind you not at all of a diner but of a sophisticated but unpretentious dining room done all in red with pink and red tablecloths.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Seltzer, an entertainment entrepreneur and promoter of walkathons, supposedly scribbled the basics of the sport on a tablecloth at a Ricketts restaurant in Chicago in the spring of 1935.
—Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Available now; $19.99 Kirkton House Cotton Tablecloth My mother taught me that one of the easiest ways to bring color and festivity into your home is with a tablecloth.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025
But the premises of this New York space will remind you not at all of a diner but of a sophisticated but unpretentious dining room done all in red with pink and red tablecloths.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tablecloth
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“Tablecloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tablecloth. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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tablecloth
noun
ta·ble·cloth
ˈtā-bəl-ˌklȯth
: a covering spread over a dining table before the places are set
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