tablet

Meanings

Noun

• A slab of clay used for inscription.
• A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.
• A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
• A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
• A graphics tablet.
• A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
• 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.

Verb

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

Origin

• From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table.