tablet B1 Topic:Materials & Substances US /ˈtæblət/ See IPA manual Freq #9823 Meanings 1 noun A small, solid piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill. Take one tablet twice a day with water. 2 noun A small, flat computer that you control by touching the screen. She reads the news on her tablet every morning. 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 noun A pad of paper sheets joined together at one edge. He jotted the address on a writing tablet. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a small, solid piece of... pill 4 noun · a pad of paper sheets... pad Word family Forms tablets Derived forms tab Related forms capletcapsule Appears in Phrases (1) See all sleeping tablet a small solid medicine intended to help a person fall asleep Noun + noun Idioms (1) See all set something in stone Matching variant: set in tablets of stone to make something fixed and impossible to change Etymology AI details From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). tablet Middle English tablete Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Materials & Substances External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # tablet **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtæblət/ **Frequency rank:** 9823 ## Meanings 1. A small, solid piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill. 2. A small, flat computer that you control by touching the screen. 3. A flat piece of stone or wood with words carved or written on it. 4. A pad of paper sheets joined together at one edge. ## Examples - Take one tablet twice a day with water. - She reads the news on her tablet every morning. - The ancient laws were carved on a stone tablet. - He jotted the address on a writing tablet. ## Derived Forms - tab ## Related Forms - caplet - capsule ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tablet - Root: tablete ## Etymology From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). ## AI Etymology Tablet is from Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). In present-day use, it can mean a small, solid piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill, or a small, flat computer that you control by touching the screen. Derived formations include tab. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown