"tablet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæblət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tablet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tablets [plural]
enPR: tăbʹlət Rhymes: -æblət Etymology: From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tablet}} Middle English tablet, {{der|en|fro|tablete}} Old French tablete, {{cog|fr|tablette}} French tablette, {{m|fro|table||table}} table (“table”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tablet (plural tablets)
  1. A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription. Translations (slab of clay): kleitablet (Afrikaans), 𒁾 (ṭuppu) (Akkadian), πίναξ (pínax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), δέλτος (déltos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), لَوْح (lawḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), плочка (pločka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), табелка (tabelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kleitablet [feminine] (Dutch), savitaulu (Finnish), ጾላዕ (ṣolaʿ) (Ge'ez), Tafel [feminine] (German), πινακίδα (pinakída) [feminine] (Greek), πλακίδιο (plakídio) [neuter] (Greek), לוּחַ (lúaẖ) [masculine] (Hebrew), írótábla (Hungarian), agyagtábla (Hungarian), tábla (Hungarian), kőtábla (Hungarian), tabula [feminine] (Latin), لوحه (levha) (Ottoman Turkish), لوح (lovh) (Persian), tabuleta [feminine] (Portuguese), доще́чка (doščéčka) [feminine] (Russian), табли́чка (tablíčka) (alt: с надписью) [feminine] (Russian), плита́ (plitá) [feminine] (Russian), placa [feminine] (Spanish), 𒁾 (DUB) (Sumerian), stentavla [common-gender] (Swedish), tableta (Tagalog), levha (Turkish), phiến (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-HwEHbp1s Disambiguation of 'slab of clay': 61 3 3 1 13 11 6 2
  2. (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith. Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-Ip5Juqym Topics: lifestyle, religion
  3. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-en:pill
  4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-lBn1f39i
  5. (computing) A graphics tablet. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-kH-MovdM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 5 1 35 29 15 4 6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  6. (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-FufbBSMV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 5 1 35 29 15 4 6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  7. (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge. Tags: Scotland Translations ((Scotland) type of confection): tablaid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-JWnfif25 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 5 1 35 29 15 4 6 Disambiguation of '(Scotland) type of confection': 4 12 3 2 7 6 61 4
  8. (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-noun-hz9U8Ul9 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carbon tablet, curse tablet, disclosing tablet, effervescent tablet, orally disintegrating tablet, sleeping tablet, spirit tablet, tab (english: drug), tablet PC, wax tablet Related terms: caplet, capsule

Verb

IPA: /ˈtæblət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tablet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tablets [present, singular, third-person], tableting [participle, present], tabletting [participle, present], tableted [participle, past], tableted [past], tabletted [participle, past], tabletted [past]
enPR: tăbʹlət Rhymes: -æblət Etymology: From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tablet}} Middle English tablet, {{der|en|fro|tablete}} Old French tablete, {{cog|fr|tablette}} French tablette, {{m|fro|table||table}} table (“table”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=tabletted|pres_ptc2=tabletting}} tablet (third-person singular simple present tablets, present participle tableting or tabletting, simple past and past participle tableted or tabletted)
  1. (transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tablet-en-verb-kk48CyIy

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "word": "ጾላዕ"
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          "sense": "slab of clay",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lúaẖ",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
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          "word": "לוּחַ"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tabula"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "levha",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "word": "لوحه"
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          "_dis1": "61 3 3 1 13 11 6 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lovh",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "word": "لوح"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tabuleta"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doščéčka",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "plitá",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
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          "word": "placa"
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          "code": "sux",
          "lang": "Sumerian",
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          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "word": "𒁾"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
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          "word": "stentavla"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "word": "tableta"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "word": "levha"
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          "_dis1": "61 3 3 1 13 11 6 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "slab of clay",
          "word": "phiến"
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: capsule"
        },
        {
          "text": "Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement."
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Kenneth T. Henson, Writing for Publication: Road to Academic Advancement, page 80",
          "text": "Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.",
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          "paper"
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          "pad",
          "pad"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
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          "butter",
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        "(Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge."
      ],
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          "sense": "(Scotland) type of confection",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tablaid"
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        {
          "ref": "1939 November, “Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 351",
          "text": "The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.",
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      ],
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      "word": "sleeping tablet"
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      "word": "spirit tablet"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtæblət/"
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      "code": "af",
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      "code": "akk",
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      "word": "لَوْح"
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      "roman": "ṣolaʿ",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "ጾላዕ"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      ],
      "word": "לוּחַ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "írótábla"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "agyagtábla"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "tábla"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "kőtábla"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tabula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "levha",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lovh",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "لوح"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "slab of clay",
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      "code": "sux",
      "lang": "Sumerian",
      "roman": "DUB",
      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "𒁾"
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      "sense": "slab of clay",
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      "sense": "slab of clay",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "slab of clay",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "slab of clay",
      "word": "phiến"
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        "To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæblət/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æblət"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tablet.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tablet.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "tăbʹlət"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tablet"
  ],
  "word": "tablet"
}

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