tablet

Plural: tablets

Noun

• a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
• a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
• a small flat compressed cake of some substance
  • "a tablet of soap"
• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
• A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
• A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
• A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
• A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
• A graphics tablet.
• A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
• A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
• A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

Verb

Verb Forms: tableted, tableting, tablets, tabletted, tabletting

• To inscribe or record information on a small, flat surface.
• To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

Examples

• Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.
• The ancient player tried to TABLET his Scrabble strategy onto a clay tile, but it crumbled.

Synonyms

lozenge, pad, pad of paper, pill, tab

Related Words

caplet, capsule

Anagrams of tablet