tablet

USTAB-luht/ˈtæblət/

9 meanings of tablet

1
nouncountable
A small, solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole.
Like a tiny pressed lump of medicine, small enough to swallow.
The doctor told her to take one tablet with each meal.
He swallowed two tablets to ease the headache.
Similarpill
2
nouncountable
A flat, hand-held computer with a touch screen and no keyboard.
Like a thin computer you hold in your hands, about the size of a book.
She reads the news on her tablet every morning.
The kids share one tablet for their games.
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3
nouncountable
A pad of paper with sheets joined at the top, used for writing or drawing.
Like a stack of paper glued at the top so you can lift off one sheet at a time.
She tore a page from the tablet to write a note.
He keeps a tablet by the phone for quick messages.
Similarpad, notepad, notebook
4
nouncountable
A flat piece of clay, stone, or wood with words cut into it.
Like a stone page where people carved letters long before paper existed.
Archaeologists found a clay tablet covered in ancient writing.
The museum displays tablets from an early city.
Similarslab, plaque
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5
nouncountable
A flat device you draw on with a special pen to make pictures on a computer.
Like a drawing board that sends your pen strokes straight to the computer.
The artist drew the cartoon on her tablet.
He connected the tablet before editing the photo.
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6
verbtransitive
To press a medicine or other substance into small solid pills.
Like pressing loose powder into neat little buttons.
The factory tablets the vitamin powder before packing it.
Workers tablet the medicine in a sterile room.
Similarcompress
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7
noundialectalScotlanduncountable
A sweet candy made from sugar, milk, and butter, set in flat blocks.
Like fudge but firmer and more grainy, breaking with a crisp snap.
She made a batch of tablet for the school fair.
We bought some tablet at the village shop.
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8
nouncountable
A short holy writing by a founder of the Baháʼí Faith.
Like a short letter of spiritual guidance written by a faith's founder.
The believer read a tablet aloud at the gathering.
Several tablets were translated into many languages.
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9
nouncountable
A round token that gives a train permission to use a single-track line.
Like a special pass that lets only one train onto the track at a time.
The driver collected the tablet before entering the single track.
Each tablet must be returned at the next station.
Similartoken
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Origin

From Old French tablette, a small form of table meaning "table."