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Definition of tablet :
1. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.
2. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
3. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
4. A small table or flat surface.
5. 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.
6. Hence, a small picture; a miniature.
Synonyms:
oral contraceptive, inking pad, launch pad, launch area, cake, marker, paper, inkpad, tab key, oral contraceptive pill, tabloid, sheaf, pill, capsule, stone, launchpad, epitaph, domiciliation, medicine, slab, stamp pad, slate, contraceptive pill, tombstone, inscription, yellow journalism, launching pad, birth control pill, chit, headstone, digs, anovulant, square, diggings, lozenge, ream, folder, plate, tab, plaque, pad of paper, lodgings, dose, anovulatory drug, monument
list (part of speech: noun)
documentation, menu, list, index, inventory, treasury, score, journal, check, scroll, recording, lexicon, ledger, calendar, diary, yearbook, bank-book, docket, bill, history, log, manifest, storybook, thesaurus, census, summary, file, workbook, detail, annals, registry, roll, repertory, pad, daybook, store, chronicle, scrapbook, register, schedule, notebook, roster, album, sum, tally, digest, logbook, total, enumeration, record, itemization, book, statement, tabulate, novel, catalog, account, budget, invoice, recount, blank-book, waybill, cash book, count, collection, annual, table, dictionary
Usage examples:
- In the centre, over the arch, Signorelli has painted a group of winged children, who hold a tablet by a bunch of ribbons, in one of whom are repeated the features of the Christ- child of the Uffizi " Holy Family." - "Luca Signorelli", Maud Cruttwell.
- This is the most complete of the inscriptions of this king, and was found in two portions in the tombs marked B 18 and B 19. The signs upon the tablet are most interesting. - "History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)", S. Rappoport.
- Catherine had been a Junior when Ruth was Captain of South House, and she had pointed out to Judith Ruth's name on the tablet in Big Hall where the names of House and School captains were printed in letters of gold. - "Judy of York Hill", Ethel Hume Patterson Bennett.