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tab·let (tab′lit)
noun
- a thin, flat piece of stone, wood, metal, etc. shaped for a specific purpose
- such a piece with an inscription, used as a memorial wall panel; plaque
- a smooth, flat leaf made of wood, ivory, metal, etc. and used to write on
- a set of such leaves fastened together
- a writing or drawing pad consisting of sheets of paper glued together at one edge
- a small, flat piece of solid or compressed material, as of medicine, soap, etc.
Etymology: ME tablette < MFr tablete, dim. of table: see table
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
tablet
n.
A thin piece of material with an inscription
slab, stone, slate, monument, plate, plaque, memorial tablet, memorial stone, record, headstone, tombstone, gravestone, marker, inscription; see also epitaph.Writing paper
folder, pad, sheaf, sheets, memorandum pad, memo book, correspondence paper, ream; see also paper 5.A medicinal pill
pill, dose, cake, square, capsule, caplet; see also medicine 2.
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Preposition: of
- stone: According to the Bible, the Ark held the tablets of stone given to Moses by God on Mt Sinai.
Converse of object
- inscribe: The vault is sealed with a flat marble stone, recessed to take an inscribed memorial tablet.
Adjective modifier
- chewable: Tablets should be taken with a little liquid, and possible remnants of the chewable tablets should be washed down with a little liquid.
Modifies a noun
- PC: Software has been the Achilles ' heel of tablet PCs compared to their brilliant hardware design.
Noun used with modifier
- mg: You can take up to eight 500 mg tablets a day.
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