tablet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small, solid piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill.

   Take one tablet twice a day with water.

2. 2
   noun

   A small, flat computer that you control by touching the screen.

   She reads the news on her tablet every morning.

3. 3
   noun

   A flat piece of stone or wood with words carved or written on it.

   The ancient laws were carved on a stone tablet.

4. 4
   noun

   A pad of paper sheets joined together at one edge.

   He jotted the address on a writing tablet.

From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).

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