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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 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: Compare laptop ( def ), smartphone ( def ).
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
He sells and repairs phones, tablets and computers and has been targeted by fraudsters – who walked directly into his shop - using fake banking apps on three occasions in recent months.
The work was funded by pharmaceutical company GSK which makes the new tablets.
The world's most popular gadgets - phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatches - could be about to get a lot more expensive in the US.
This isn't like the jump from the Wii to the confusingly named Wii U, swapping motion controllers for a tablet that looked dated even back when the console released.
Half an hour after arriving at Wayne's house, I watch him swallow three anti-nausea tablets, designed to minimise the risk of him vomiting the lethal medication he plans to take shortly.
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