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(tæblət)
Word forms: plural tablets
1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN]
A tablet is a small solid round mass of medicine which you swallow.
It's time for your tablets, dear.
It is never a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.
Synonyms: pill, capsule, pellet, tab More Synonyms of tablet
2. countable noun
A tablet is a small flat computer that you operate by touching the screen.
[computing]
...a free guide to the best tablets on the market.
3. countable noun [oft noun NOUN]
Clay tablets or stone tablets are the flat pieces of clay or stone which people used to write on before paper wasinvented.
He also studied the ancient stone tablets from around the pyramids.
Synonyms: plaque, slab, panel, stone More Synonyms of tablet
4.  tablets of stone

tablet in British English

(ˈtæblɪt)
noun
1. 
a medicinal formulation made of a compressed powdered substance containing an active drug and excipients
2. 
a flattish cake of some substance, such as soap
3.  Scottish
a sweet made of butter, sugar, and condensed milk, usually shaped in a flat oblong block
4. 
a slab of stone, wood, etc, esp one formerly used for inscriptions
5. 
a. 
a thinner rigid sheet, as of bark, ivory, etc, used for similar purposes
b. (often plural)
a set or pair of these fastened together, as in a book
6. 
a pad of writing paper
7.  New Zealand
a token giving right of way to the driver of a train on a single line section
8.  computing
a handheld personal computer that is operated by touchscreen or digital pen
9.  computing
an input device that allows the user to draw or write freehand to screen by means of stylus or digital pen
Word origin
C14: from Old French tablete a little table, from Latin tabula a board

tablet in American English

(ˈtæblɪt)
noun
1. 
a thin, flat piece of stone, wood, metal, etc. shaped for a specific purpose
2. 
such a piece with an inscription, used as a memorial wall panel; plaque
3. 
a. 
a smooth, flat leaf made of wood, ivory, metal, etc. and used to write on
b. 
a set of such leaves fastened together
4. 
a writing or drawing pad consisting of sheets of paper glued together at one edge
5. 
a small, flat piece of solid or compressed material, as of medicine, soap, etc.
Word origin
ME tablette < MFr tablete, dim. of table: see table

tablet in the Pharmaceutical Industry

(tæblɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) tablets
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Dosage forms)
A tablet is a small solid mass of medicine, containing an active drug and excipients.
People sometimes crush tablets back into powder to make them easier to swallow.
Machines are used to compress the powder and shape it into small, solid tablets.
A tablet is a small solid mass of medicine, containing an active drug and excipients.
dispersible tablet, effervescent tablet, soluble tablet, tablet coating, vaginal tablet

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Examples of 'tablet' in a sentence
tablet

An instructor supervising a learner in a lorry and two people on their tablets were also nabbed.
The Sun (2017)
Most big manufacturers install screens the size of tablet computers in new models.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Smartphones do not come cheap and neither do tablet devices.
Computing (2010)
Alternatively, hospital staff could also use a tablet to access patient records.
Computing (2010)
Q resembles a small speaker with an attached tablet computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
We stopped to admire the calligraphy on flat tablets on the floor, barely accompanied by any other visitors at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
BLUE light from tablets and smartphones also hits sleep, another study found.
The Sun (2016)
There is no real reason for constitutions to be set in tablets of stone.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
During these two periods the letters page almost seemed like a clay tablet.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This should include embracing technology such as tablet devices and ebooks.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was as if he had delivered some masterful tactical tablet of stone.
The Sun (2008)
They are also available as tablets and liquid.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
 Take two tablets three times a day for three months.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
One said it was easier to keep a work diary on a tablet device.
The Sun (2014)
It also delivers tablets of the other kind and medical devices to hospitals and pharmacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It offered to take her tablet back and cancel the account without any fees payable.
The Sun (2015)
It is scary to think that it is a mechanical device and tablets keeping me alive.
The Sun (2015)
The system works through a camera connected to a computer or tablet or built into a mobile phone.
The Sun (2012)
See what happens with half a tablet or smaller amounts first rather than going straight to full or multiple tablets.
Cohen, Julian & Kay, James Taking Drugs Seriously (1994)
The tablets are connected to the wireless network which allows them to project from the tablet on to screens in the classrooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It looks stunning on a tablet screen, but works well on all platforms.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The prophecy was found on a stone tablet thought to be 1,300 years old.
The Sun (2011)
Dishes are variously served in a marble bowl, on a clay tablet and on olive wood platters.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If there is less money for parties to spend on ludicrous tablets of stone or vitriolic negative campaign ads then that would be a good thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is significant that many of the clay tablets bearing the cuneiform script refer to measurements of quantity, weight and length.
Andro Linklater MEASURING AMERICA (2002)
Tablet screens, on the other hand, are notorious for reflecting rays blindingly back in your face.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
tablet

British English: tablet /ˈtæblɪt/ NOUN
A tablet is a small, solid, round mass of medicine which you swallow.
I take herbal sleeping tablets.
  • American English: pill
  • Arabic: حَبَّةُ دَوَاء
  • Brazilian Portuguese: comprimido
  • Chinese: 药片
  • Croatian: tableta
  • Czech: tableta
  • Danish: tablet
  • Dutch: tablet
  • European Spanish: comprimido
  • Finnish: tabletti
  • French: cachet
  • German: Tablette
  • Greek: δισκίο
  • Italian: compressa
  • Japanese: 錠剤
  • Korean: 정제
  • Norwegian: tablett
  • Polish: tabletka
  • European Portuguese: comprimido
  • Romanian: pastilă
  • Russian: таблетка
  • Latin American Spanish: pastilla
  • Swedish: tablett
  • Thai: ยาเม็ดแบน
  • Turkish: hap
  • Ukrainian: пігулка
  • Vietnamese: viên thuốc

All related terms of 'tablet'

wax tablet
a tablet made of bone , wood, etc., and covered with wax , used in the ancient world for writing with a stylus
tablet device
A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
sleeping tablet
A sleeping tablet is the same as a → sleeping pill .
soluble tablet
A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed .
tablet coating
A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste , make it easier to swallow , or protect the active medication inside.
vaginal tablet
A vaginal tablet is a tablet inserted into the vagina to treat infection .
vitamin tablet
a tablet containing a vitamin or vitamins
dispersible tablet
A dispersible tablet is a tablet that disintegrates in water or other liquid .
effervescent tablet
Effervescent tablets break down quickly when they are dropped into water or another liquid.

Chinese translation of 'tablet'

tablet

(ˈtæblɪt)

n (c)

  1. (Med) 药(藥)片 (yàopiàn) (片, piàn)
  2. (Hist, for writing) 写(寫)字版 (xiězìbǎn) (个(個), gè)
    a tablet of soap (Brit, frm) 一块(塊)肥皂 (yī kuài féizào)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a pill consisting of a compressed medicinal substance
It's not a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.
Synonyms
pill
a sleeping pill
capsule
You can also take red ginseng in convenient capsule form.
pellet
tab
pastille
a medicated pastille
caplet
2 (noun) 
Definition
an inscribed piece of stone, wood, etc., that is fixed to a wall as a memorial
ancient stone tablets from the pyramids
Synonyms
plaque
Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque.
slab
panel
stone
plate
The beam is strengthened by a steel plate 6 millimetres thick.
memorial
Every village had its war memorial.
gravestone
He was buried in the local cemetery, with just a simple gravestone.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of capsule
Definition
a soluble gelatine case containing a dose of medicine
You can also take red ginseng in convenient capsule form.
Synonyms
pill,
tablet,
lozenge,
bolus,
troche
in the sense of gravestone
Definition
a stone marking a grave
He was buried in the local cemetery, with just a simple gravestone.
Synonyms
headstone,
stone,
monument,
tombstone
in the sense of memorial
Definition
something, such as a statue, built or displayed to preserve the memory of someone or something
Every village had its war memorial.
Synonyms
monument,
cairn,
shrine,
plaque,
cenotaph

Synonyms of 'tablet'

tablet

Explore 'tablet' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pastille
Definition
a small fruit-flavoured and sometimes medicated sweet
a medicated pastille
Synonyms
lozenge,
tablet,
troche,
cough drop,
jujube
in the sense of plate
Definition
a thin coating of metal usually on another metal
The beam is strengthened by a steel plate 6 millimetres thick.
Synonyms
layer,
panel,
sheet,
slab
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