wax tablet

[ waks-tab-lit ]

noun
  1. a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.

Origin of wax tablet

1
First recorded in 1800–10
  • Sometimes waxed tab·let [wakst-tab-lit] /ˈwækst ˈtæb lɪt/ .

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