tablet
/ˈtæblət/ noun B1- A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- 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.
- A graphics tablet.
- A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
Plural tablets
From the library
When school went out Anne marched to her desk, ostentatiously took out everything therein, books and writing tablet, pen and ink, testament and arithmetic, and piled them neatly on her cracked slate.
“Sort of wooden tablets hung up at the corners of streets the evening before an execution, on which is pasted up a paper containing the names of the condemned persons, their crimes, and mode of punishment.
“And these tablets are brought to you that you may add your prayers to those of the faithful, are they?” asked Franz somewhat incredulously.
Then, taking the tablet from the wall, he handed it to Franz, who read as follows:
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