"table setting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: table settings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} table setting (plural table settings)
  1. A place setting.
    Sense id: en-table_setting-en-noun-MN8QAhkP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43
  2. (also figuratively) The act of setting the table. Tags: also, figuratively
    Sense id: en-table_setting-en-noun-FH6t6DxB

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