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tablet definition

tab·let (tab′lit)

noun

  1. a thin, flat piece of stone, wood, metal, etc. shaped for a specific purpose
  2. such a piece with an inscription, used as a memorial wall panel; plaque
    1. a smooth, flat leaf made of wood, ivory, metal, etc. and used to write on
    2. a set of such leaves fastened together
  4. a writing or drawing pad consisting of sheets of paper glued together at one edge
  5. a small, flat piece of solid or compressed material, as of medicine, soap, etc.

Etymology: ME tablette < MFr tablete, dim. of table: see table

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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tablet Synonyms

tablet

n.

  1. 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.

  2. Writing paper

    folder, pad, sheaf, sheets, memorandum pad, memo book, correspondence paper, ream; see also paper 5.

  3. A medicinal pill

    pill, dose, cake, square, capsule, caplet; see also medicine 2.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

tablet Usage Examples

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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