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