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tab·let

[tab-lit] Pronunciation Key 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.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME tablette < MF tablete. See table, -et

]

—Synonyms 2. plaque.

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tab·let (tāb'lĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.
A small flat pellet of medication to be taken orally.
A small flat cake of a prepared substance, such as soap.

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

To inscribe on a tablet.
To form into a tablet.

[Middle English tablette, from Old French tablete, diminutive of table, table; see table.]

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