tablet
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈtæblət//
A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
noun
- 1
A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England and Wales with schools."
- 2
A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
- 3
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.
- 4
A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.
- 5
A graphics tablet.
- 6
A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- 7
A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
- 8
A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.
Etymology
From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). Compare English table, -et.
verb
- 1
To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
Forms
- plural
- tablets
- past tense
- tableted, tabletted
- past participle
- tableted, tabletted
- present participle
- tableting, tabletting
- third person singular
- tablets
tablet · A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
tabloid · A compact or compressed version of something; especially…taboo · An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or…tack · A small nail with a flat head.