tablet

Pronunciation

• enPR: tăbʹlət, IPA ^(key): /ˈtæblət/

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Noun

Singular tablet

Plural tablets

1. (countable) (medicine) A tablet is a small, hard medicine or vitamin that you take by mouth.
   • Synonyms: pill and capsule

   Take only one 600-milligram tablet of calcium a day.

2. (countable) A tablet is a hard surface for writing on.

   The agreement is not written on tablets of stone.

3. (countable) A tablet is a tablet computer; a large touch-screen device.

   I bring a tablet to work rather than a laptop because it is more portable.

• 
  Tablets
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  A stone table
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  Tablet computer

Synonyms

• bar
• block
• cake
• pill
• lump
• capsule
• slab