tablet
noun
[ ˈtablɪt ]
• a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription.
• "at the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet"
Similar:
slab,
panel,
plaque,
plate,
sign,
stone,
gravestone,
headstone,
tombstone,
memorial,
• a small disc or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug.
• "headache tablets"
Similar:
pill,
capsule,
lozenge,
caplet,
pastille,
pellet,
drop,
ball,
tab,
jujube,
bolus,
troche,
pilule,
• a small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse.
• a writing pad.
• a kind of token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
• a traditional sweet made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, resembling fudge but having a hard, grainy texture.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula (see table).