tablet

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
1. a smooth, flat leaf made of wood, ivory, metal, etc. and used to write on
2. 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

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.

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.
swallow: You should swallow the tablets whole with a drink of water.
sterilize: Certain items of Ordnance Stores, including mosquito cream, water sterilizing tablets, etc. , Hospital clothing, are held.
prescribe: The Casualty Doctor may prescribe some tablets to help with the pain.
dissolve: Older children can take tablets or tablets dissolved in water.
sleep: Sometimes a doctor will advise sleeping tablets to be taken on only 2 or 3 nights per week, rather than on every night.

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.
cuneiform: Hands-on experience with cuneiform tablets forms an important part of the program.
dispersible: For quicker action, dispersible aspirin tablets can be used but may still irritate the stomach.
20mg: This medication is available in not only the 10mg tablet form but also in 5mg and 20mg tablets.
30mg: Codeine 30mg tablets: add on to paracetamol if required NHS prescription.
anti-malarial: I shouldn't really complain because he was good with the prescription for anti-malarial tablets ( 8 weeks for just one charge!

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.
mural: South wall: splayed window; mural tablet of 1762.
steroid: They need to take steroid tablets for a longer period.
ecstasy: He also took ecstasy tablets that also affect the heart.
antihistamine: Often the best way to control symptoms is to take a preventer nasal spray or drops together with an antihistamine tablet.
film-coated: For patients unable to swallow the film-coated tablets, the tablets may be dispersed in a glass of mineral water or apple juice.

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