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'í 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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Word of the Day

27 June 2025

SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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