Tablet

/ˈtæblət/ · noun

Meaning

A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription..

Definitions by Sense

1. A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
2. (religion) 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.
4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
5. (computing) A graphics tablet.
6. (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
7. (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
8. (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

Example Sentences

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."

Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.

Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.

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.

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• tablets
• tableting
• tabletting
• tableted
• tabletted

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