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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).


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