wax tablet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wax tablet
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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The woman holds a stylus and wax tablet, emphasizing that she is educated and literate.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
Brogan: Apart from that wax tablet moment, how long does it usually take you to learn a new song and develop a routine around it?
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2018
She revives the Aristotelian image of the mind as a wax tablet and Dante’s portrayal of consciousness as an “inner book” to frame the contemporary, cog-sci model of the brain as a computer.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2017
The wax tablet can be heated, cleared, and reused.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 26, 2013
When she was twelve, her friend Mr. Albert H. Munsell, the artist, let her experiment with a wax tablet and a stylus.
From The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by John Albert Macy
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