wax tablet

[ waks tab-lit ]

noun

1. a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wax tablet¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

In the schools the wax-tablet supplied the place of the slate, and in daily life was a substitute for our note-book.

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When she was twelve, her friend Mr. Albert H. Munsell, the artist, let her experiment with a wax tablet and a stylus.

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It is true a wax tablet with writing has been found; yet this contains—receipts of auctions.

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A slave was reading to him from a roll, and he was taking notes on a wax tablet.

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Perhaps he would not have read it at all if it had been written on an ordinary wax tablet.

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