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tablet
[tab-lit]
noun
a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
Advertisers keep sending us these tablets of memo paper with their logo.
a thin, flat sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material formerly used for writing or marking on, especially one of a pair or set tablets hinged or otherwise fastened together.
a flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like.
Synonyms:a small, flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, such as a drug, chemical, or freeze-dried food.
She felt better after taking a decongestant tablet.
A larger garment will require two dye tablets.
Also called tablet computer.Also called slate.a small, very thin, portable computer, usually battery-powered, having a touchscreen as the primary interface and input device, and often lacking a cover.
I’ve entered the appointment in the calendar on my tablet.
I never go anywhere without my tablet.
verb (used with object)
to form into pills, small cakes, pellets, etc..
The tableted vitamins should be swallowed without chewing.
to mark or inscribe (memoranda, notes, etc.) on a tablet.
Too often, our innovative ideas are politely tableted by company executives and never thought of again.
to furnish with a plaque or flat piece of material bearing an inscription, carving, or the like.
tablet
/ ˈæɪ /
noun
a medicinal formulation made of a compressed powdered substance containing an active drug and excipients
a flattish cake of some substance, such as soap
a sweet made of butter, sugar, and condensed milk, usually shaped in a flat oblong block
a slab of stone, wood, etc, esp one formerly used for inscriptions
a thinner rigid sheet, as of bark, ivory, etc, used for similar purposes
(often plural) a set or pair of these fastened together, as in a book
a pad of writing paper
a token giving right of way to the driver of a train on a single line section
computing an input device that allows the user to draw or write freehand to screen by means of stylus or digital pen
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tablet1
Example Sentences
"I think we will need assistance somewhere later on down the line," she said, adding Family Fund paid for a tablet device that helps Darcy to communicate.
Even the sleeping tablets he took could not help him switch off.
Research, for example, has found that students’ brains were more active when they handwrote information rather than typing it on a keyboard and when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and a tablet.
"Find me a young person that doesn't have a phone or a tablet, and if a young person has a phone or tablet, there is a way and means they can be contacted," she says.
"Thousands of people affected by pancreatic cancer rely on taking Pert tablets every time they eat simply to digest their food and absorb nutrients – something most of us take for granted," he said.
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