tablet

Meaning

Noun

1. A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
2. A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
3. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
5. A graphics tablet.
6. A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
7. A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
8. A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

Verb

To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

Concepts

tablet

pill

lozenge

slab

plate

table

board

medicine

pad

tabulation

plaque

tab

capsule

pad of paper

troche

tablet computer

array

dose

drug

medication

plank

tabloid

slate

pellet

index

tablet PC

cake

spindle

list

nomination

recommendation

blackboard

chalkboard

picture

scene

tableau

ball

pill type

memorial tablet

stone

folder

sheets

small board

small plank

nameboard

pastil

notebook

tag

pastille

license plate

sign

sign post

panel

chip

film

flake

lamella

layered

leaf

piece

section

segment

sheet

slice

slide

wafer

tuning bar

formed

platter

marker

pelletize

place mat

pills

copybook

scribbler

slat

orb

sliver

splinter

signboard

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtæblət/

Etymology

From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).

Sentences

My Wacom tablet has a dodgy wire .