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tab⋅let

  [tab-lit] noun, verb, -let⋅ed, -let⋅ing or -let⋅ted, -let⋅ting.
–noun
1. a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
2. a flat slab or surface, esp. one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like.
3. a thin, flat leaf or sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material, used for writing or marking on, esp. one of a pair or set hinged or otherwise fastened together.
4. tablets, the set as a whole.
5. a small, flat, or flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, as a drug, chemical, or soap.
–verb (used with object)
6. to furnish or mark with a tablet or plaque.
7. to mark or inscribe (memoranda, notes, etc.) on a tablet.
8. to form into tablets, cakes, pellets, etc.
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Origin:
1275–1325; ME tablette < MF tablete. See table, -et

Synonyms:
2. plaque.
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tab·let   (tāb'lĭt)   
n.  

  1. A slab or plaque, as of stone or ivory, with a surface that is intended for or bears an inscription.

    1. A thin sheet or leaf, used as a writing surface.

    2. A set of such leaves fastened together, as in a book.

    3. A pad of writing paper glued together along one edge.

  3. A small flat pellet of medication to be taken orally.

  4. A small flat cake of a prepared substance, such as soap.

tr.v.   tab·let·ed, tab·let·ing, tab·lets

  1. To inscribe on a tablet.

  2. To form into a tablet.


[Middle English tablette, from Old French tablete, diminutive of table, table; see table.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

tablet 
c.1315, "slab or flat surface for an inscription" (especially the two Mosaic tables of stone), from O.Fr. tablete (13c.), dim. of table "slab" (see table). The meaning "lozenge, pill" is first recorded 1582; that of "pad of writing paper" in 1880.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tab·let
Pronunciation: 'tab-l&t
Function: noun
: a small mass of medicated material (as in the shape of a disk) tablet>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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tablet tab·let (tāb'lĭt)
n.
A small flat pellet of medication to be taken orally.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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