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.

Nearby words

tableful, tableland, tableside, tablespoon, tablespoonful, tablet, tablet chair, tabletop, tableware, tablinum, tabloid

Origin of tablet

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

SYNONYMS FOR tablet

2 plaque.

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Examples from the Web for tablet

She was detained after rebels found photos on her tablet computer showing supplies she gave to Ukrainian fighters.
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Enter the iSpoon, a conventional stirrer on one end and a tablet stylus on the other.
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If you saw it in front of you, your pencil would drop, your tablet would fall from your lap.
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You can download the Kindle App for free on your desktop or laptop computer, smart phone or tablet.
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And he had a lamp before him, and in his hand a tablet of pine wood, whereon he wrote.
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He looked pointedly at the insigne on Stan's pocket, then held out a tablet.
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“No, dear; but I soon will have,” said her ladyship, making her pencil scramble over the tablet.
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It contains a tablet to the memory of James Bindley, who died in 1818.
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A tablet in the Arena records this Congress and the festivities held to celebrate it.
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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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Word Origin and History for tablet

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

noun

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

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