[ noun ] the top horizontal work surface of a table <noun.artifact>
University of Utah President Chase N. Peterson, a cheerleader for the phantom phenomenon of tabletop fusion, is retiring under fire for a hidden, $500,000 transfer of money toward its development.
Derision from outside experts hasn't wilted hometown enthusiasm for tabletop experiments to create fusion at room temperature or dampened state political support for the Utah chemist whose claim startled the scientific world.
Craps is the most complicated casino game: Its aircraft-carrier-shaped tabletop is a maze of squares and oddly shaped outlines in which chips are stacked for 11 varieties of bets.
The first debuted in October 1986 with raisins singing a reworded version of the soulful "Grapevine" song while dancing in a conga-line across a tabletop.