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 Definitions of tablet  [ˈtæb lɪt]  

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Definition of 'tablet' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tablet
a small, flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, as a drug.

2.  tablet
a number of sheets of writing paper, forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.

3.  tablet
a flat slab or surface, esp. one intended for or bearing an inscription or carving; plaque.

4.  tablet
a thin, flat leaf or sheet of slate, wood, or the like, used for writing on, esp. one of a pair or set.

5.  tablet
tablets, such a set as a whole.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME tablette < MF tablete. See table , -et)

Definition of 'tablet' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tablet
a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription

2. (noun) pad, pad of paper, tablet
a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

3. (noun) tablet
a small flat compressed cake of some substance
"a tablet of soap"

4. (noun) pill, lozenge, tablet, tab
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet


Definition of 'tablet' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) tablet
a round, hard piece of medicine to swallow; = pill
Take two tablets.


Definition of 'tablet' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) tablet
a small table or flat surface

2. (noun) tablet
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. (noun) tablet
hence, a small picture; a miniature

4. (noun) tablet
a kind of pocket memorandum book

5. (noun) tablet
a flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague

6. (noun) tablet
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


Translation of 'tablet' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a pill
Take these tablets for your headache; a sleeping-tablet (= a tablet to make one sleep).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tablet Arabic flag Arabic: قُرْص دَواء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: хапче
Brazilian flag Brazilian: comprimido Czech flag Czech: tabletka German flag German: die Tablette
Danish flag Danish: tablet; -tablet Greek flag Greek: χάπι, ταμπλέτα Spanish flag Spanish: pastilla, comprimido
Estonian flag Estonian: tablett Farsi flag Farsi: قرص Finnish flag Finnish: tabletti
French flag French: comprimé, pastille Hebrew flag Hebrew: טַבלִייָה Hindi flag Hindi: दवा की गोली
Croatian flag Croatian: tableta, pilula Hungarian flag Hungarian: tabletta Indonesian flag Indonesian: pil
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tafla, pilla Italian flag Italian: compressa, pasticca, past Japanese flag Japanese: 錠剤
Korean flag Korean: (약의) 정제 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tabletė Latvian flag Latvian: tablete
Malay flag Malay: pil Dutch flag Dutch: tablet Norwegian flag Norwegian: tablett, pille
Polish flag Polish: tabletka Persian flag Persian: قرص Pashto flag Pashto: ټابلټ، كولۍ: دړه،تخته، لو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: comprimido Romanian flag Romanian: tabletă, pastilă Russian flag Russian: таблетка
Slovak flag Slovak: tabletka Slovenian flag Slovenian: tableta Serbian flag Serbian: tableta
Swedish flag Swedish: tablett, piller Thai flag Thai: ยาเม็ด Turkish flag Turkish: hap
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 藥片 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: таблетка Urdu flag Urdu: گولي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: viên thuốc Chinese flag Chinese: 药片

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