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HTML

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <div>
                This is the div
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

CSS

td{
 position: relative;
 width: 40px;
 height: 40px;  
 background-color: #F00;
}

div{
 position: absolute;
 top: 0px;
 width: 0px;
 width: 200px;
 height: 200px;  
 background-color: rgba(0, 255, 255, .4);
}