tabletop

table +‎ top

tabletop (plural tabletops)

1. (furniture) The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
2. (skateboarding) A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
3. (photography, advertising) A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.
   • 1946, U.S. Camera, volume 9, numbers 6-11, page 72:

     Photographic greeting cards are usually tabletops.

4. (roleplaying games) Ellipsis of tabletop game.
   • 2021, Dorian Sykes, The Good Life Part 2: The Re-Up:

     Some people watch TV, others play tabletops. You might like to work out. The object is to bide your time.

tabletop (not comparable)

1. Suitable for use on top of a table.
2. Taking place on top of a table.

   tabletop photography

   tabletop gaming

tabletop (third-person singular simple present tabletops, present participle tabletopping, simple past and past participle tabletopped)

1. (roleplaying games, rare) To play tabletop games.

• pottable

Borrowed from English tabletop.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːbəltɔp/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ble‧top
• Rhymes: -ɔp

tabletop m (plural tabletoppen, diminutive tabletopje n)

1. (emergency services, slang) tabletop exercise (An emergency exercise where participants come together in an informal setting in, for example, a meeting room, to discuss their roles during a disaster or crisis and to review relevant procedures based on one or more scenarios)