Order
Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.
Table
Table noun - A leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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All six panellists were playing a tiebreaking game of round-the-table table tennis for the series, and Jonathan, Ashia, and Suzi were the first three competitors eliminated, in that order.
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One of the cadets resents being pulled up over his lack of table manners, and when told to eat his pie with a fork instead of his hands, insists on getting the order in writing as per regulations.
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You will see this once in a while in American sports movies; usually the coach of a losing team flipping a table or bench loaded with Gatorade in order to shock his team into being serious.
Source: Flipping the Table
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