tablet
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (4)
- a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edgeSynonyms: padpad of paper
- a small flat compressed cake of some substance“a tablet of soap”
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pelletSynonyms: pilllozengetab
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.A small table or flat surface. [1913 Webster]
2.A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture. [1913 Webster]
3.Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
4.pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book. [1913 Webster]
5.A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague. [1913 Webster]
6.(Pharm.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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