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tablet

  • noun
  • tăbʹlət

A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.

Other meanings

  1. A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.

  2. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.

    “Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.”

A kind of

  • slab

Kinds of tablet

  • slate

Related words

  • tab

Word history

From Old French "tablete".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tablet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.