wax tablet
[ waks-tab-lit ]
noun
a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.
Origin of wax tablet
1First recorded in 1800–10
- Sometimes waxed tab·let [wakst-tab-lit] /ˈwækst ˈtæb lɪt/ .
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