- a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad: Advertisers keep sending us these tablets of memo paper with their logo.
- a thin, flat sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material formerly used for writing or marking on, especially one of a pair or set (tablets ) hinged or otherwise fastened together.
- a flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like.
- a small, flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, such as a drug, chemical, or freeze-dried food: She felt better after taking a decongestant tablet.A larger garment will require two dye tablets.
- a small, very thin, portable computer, usually battery-powered, having a touchscreen as the primary interface and input device, and often lacking a cover: I’ve entered the appointment in the calendar on my tablet. I never go anywhere without my tablet.
- to form into pills, small cakes, pellets, etc.: The tableted vitamins should be swallowed without chewing.
- to mark or inscribe (memoranda, notes, etc.) on a tablet: Too often, our innovative ideas are politely tableted by company executives and never thought of again.
- to furnish with a plaque or flat piece of material bearing an inscription, carving, or the like.
- a medicinal formulation made of a compressed powdered substance containing an active drug and excipients
- a flattish cake of some substance, such as soap
- a sweet made of butter, sugar, and condensed milk, usually shaped in a flat oblong block
- a slab of stone, wood, etc, esp one formerly used for inscriptions
- a thinner rigid sheet, as of bark, ivory, etc, used for similar purposes
- a set or pair of these fastened together, as in a book
- a pad of writing paper
- a token giving right of way to the driver of a train on a single line section
- an input device that allows the user to draw or write freehand to screen by means of stylus or digital pen
