tablet

[ tab-lit ]

/ ˈtæb lɪt /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), tab·let·ed or tab·let·ted, tab·let·ing or tab·let·ting.

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.

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2 plaque.

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Origin of tablet

1275–1325; Middle English tablette<Middle French tablete.See table, -et

Words nearby tablet

tableside, tablespoon, tablespoonful, table stake, table sugar, tablet, table talk, tablet chair, table tennis, tabletop, table tripod

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How to use tablet in a sentence

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British Dictionary definitions for tablet

tablet

/ (ˈtæblɪt) /

noun

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

C14: from Old French tablete a little table, from Latin tabula a board

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