'Tablet' definitions:

Definition of 'tablet'

From: WordNet
noun
A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
noun
A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge [syn: pad, pad of paper, tablet]
noun
A small flat compressed cake of some substance; "a tablet of soap"
noun
A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab]

Definition of 'Tablet'

From: GCIDE
  • Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]
  • 1. A small table or flat surface. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tablet'

From: Easton
  • Tablet probably a string of beads worn round the neck (Ex. 35:22; Num. 31:50). In Isa. 3:20 the Hebrew word means a perfume-box, as it is rendered in the Revised Version.

Synonyms of 'tablet'

From: Moby Thesaurus