tablet
- a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- a flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like.
- a thin, flat leaf or sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material, used for writing or marking on, especially one of a pair or set hinged or otherwise fastened together.
- tablets, the set as a whole.
- a small, flat, or flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, as a drug, chemical, or soap.
- Also called tablet computer. a very thin, portable computer, usually battery-powered, having a touchscreen as the primary interface and input device and lacking a physical keyboard and lid.Compare laptop.
- to furnish or mark with a tablet or plaque.
- to mark or inscribe (memoranda, notes, etc.) on a tablet.
- to form into tablets, cakes, pellets, etc.
Origin of tablet
Synonyms for tablet
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for tablet
medicine, capsule, pellet, pill, dose, ream, scratch, notebook, book, pad, folder, quire, cake, lozenge, square, trocheExamples from the Web for tablet
Contemporary Examples of tablet
She was detained after rebels found photos on her tablet computer showing supplies she gave to Ukrainian fighters.
Enter the iSpoon, a conventional stirrer on one end and a tablet stylus on the other.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Richard Hendriks in Your LifeAllison McNearney
November 29, 2014
If you saw it in front of you, your pencil would drop, your tablet would fall from your lap.
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August 12, 2014
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You can download the Kindle App for free on your desktop or laptop computer, smart phone or tablet.
Historical Examples of tablet
The celebrant kissed the tablet, and held it aloft before all the people.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
They were to be seen at Molsheim, in the tablet which bore a representation of this miracle.
The Phantom WorldAugustin Calmet
She was a fair child, her brow a tablet untouched by the stylus of sin.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Madame Beattie was exploring a little box for a tablet, which she took composedly.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
"I could at least have erected a tablet to mark her resting-place," the man interposed.
The Masked BridalMrs. Georgie Sheldon
tablet
- a medicinal formulation made of a compressed powdered substance containing an active drug and excipients
- a flattish cake of some substance, such as soap
- Scot a sweet made of butter, sugar, and condensed milk, usually shaped in a flat oblong block
- a slab of stone, wood, etc, esp one formerly used for inscriptions
- a thinner rigid sheet, as of bark, ivory, etc, used for similar purposes
- (often plural)a set or pair of these fastened together, as in a book
- a pad of writing paper
- NZ a token giving right of way to the driver of a train on a single line section
- computing an input device that allows the user to draw or write freehand to screen by means of stylus or digital pen
Word Origin for tablet
Word Origin and History for tablet
early 14c., "slab or flat surface for an inscription" (especially the two Mosaic tables of stone), from Old French tablete (13c.), diminutive of table "slab" (see table (n.)). The meaning "lozenge, pill" is first recorded 1580s; that of "pad of writing paper" in 1880.
tablet
(tăb′lĭt)- A small flat pellet of medication to be taken orally.