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TABLET
pill, lozenge, tablet, tab
(noun) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
tablet
(noun) a small flat compressed cake of some substance; “a tablet of soap”
tablet
(noun) a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
pad, pad of paper, tablet
(noun) a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tablet (plural tablets)
A slab of clay used for inscription.
(religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'à faith.
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
(computing) A graphics tablet.
(computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
(Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.
(rail) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
Verb
tablet (third-person singular simple present tablets, present participle tabletting or tableting, simple past and past participle tabletted or tableted)
(transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
Anagrams
• Battle, batlet, battel, battle
Source: Wiktionary
Ta"blet, n. Etym: [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]
1. A small table or flat surface.
2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.
3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
4. pl.
Definition: A kind of pocket memorandum book.
5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
6. (Pharm.)
Definition: A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares;
– called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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