What does "tablet" mean?
A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
Tablet
/ˈtæblət/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- Grammar: tablet is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: pill, tablet computer, account book, address book.
- Useful contrasts: dissolved solute in water, benzedrine, caps.
- Usage evidence: Take one tablet a day until all of the medicine is gone.
How to use "tablet"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
"Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England and Wales with schools.""
- 2 a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet wordnet
- 3 A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
- 4 a small flat compressed cake of some substance wordnet
- 5 A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
"Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement."
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- 6 a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription wordnet
- 7 A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
"Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps."
- 8 a portable computer with a touchscreen wordnet
- 9 A graphics tablet.
- 10 a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge wordnet
- 11 A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- 12 A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge. Scotland
- 13 A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
"The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it."
Verb
- 1 To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets. transitive
Synonyms
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Example
"Take one tablet a day until all of the medicine is gone."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tablet"?
Common synonyms include: pill, tablet computer, account book, address book, adversaria, album.
How do you use "tablet" in a sentence?
Take one tablet a day until all of the medicine is gone.
How do you pronounce "tablet"?
Pronounced /ˈtæblət/.
Etymology
From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).