tablet

/ˈtæblət/

tablet noun: a slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.

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Noun

tablet (plural tablets)

A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England...2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56
A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
- Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.
A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
- Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.2005, Kenneth T. Henson, Writing for Publication: Road to Academic Advancement, →ISBN, page 80
A graphics tablet.
A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
(Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
- 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.1939 November, “Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 351

Verb

tablet (third-person singular simple present tablets, present participle tableting or (uncommon) tabletting, simple past and past participle tableted or (uncommon) tabletted)

(transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.

tablet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

tablet in Hindi

tablet, slab: फलक phalak
tablet: गोली golī

tablet in Tamil

மாத்திரை, வில்லை, குளிகை

tablet in Urdu

لوح, قرص, تختی

tablet in Bengali

ট্যাবলেট, ফলক, চাকতি, লেখার জন্য তক্তা, তক্তি

More languagesFewer languages

tablet in Malayalam: പലക
tablet in Kannada: ಕಡುಹು, ಬರೆಹಲಗೆ, ಫಲಕ, ತೆಳುಹಲಗೆ
tablet in Sanskrit: पट्टिका paṭṭikā
tablet in Assamese: গুলী guli
tablet in Nepali: बरि bari, पाटि pāṭi
tablet in Tagalog: tableta
tablet in Arabic: لَوْح lawḥ
tablet in Persian: لوح lovh
tablet in Vietnamese: phiến

Examples of tablet in a sentence

How are we feeling this morning, Mrs Miggins? Have we taken our tablets yet?
I’ve got a terrible headache. – Have you, dear? Take this tablet and you won't anymore.
As you'd expect from a bleeding-edge tablet, it has plenty of other high-end features as well.

All 40 example sentences with tablet

Forms of tablet

Noun
plural	tablets
Verb
third-person singular present	tablets
present participle	tableting
present participle uncommon	tabletting
past participle	tableted
past	tableted
past participle uncommon	tabletted
past uncommon	tabletted

Plural of tablet: tablets

Origin of tablet

From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). Compare English table, -et.

Words formed from tablet

Phrases with tablet

Questions about tablet

What does tablet mean?: Tablet means a slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
What is tablet in Hindi?: Tablet in Hindi is फलक (phalak), गोली (golī). See Tablet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tablet?: Tablet can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce tablet?: Tablet is pronounced /ˈtæblət/.
What is the plural of tablet?: The plural of tablet is tablets.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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