TABLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tablet mean? 

• TABLET (noun)
  The noun TABLET has 4 senses:

1. a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription

2. a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

3. a small flat compressed cake of some substance

4. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

  Familiarity information: TABLET used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TABLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tablet" is a kind of...):

slab (block consisting of a thick piece of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tablet"):

abacus (a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave)

slate ((formerly) a writing tablet made of slate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pad; pad of paper; tablet

Hypernyms ("tablet" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tablet"):

message pad; writing pad (a pad of paper on which messages can be written)

notepad (a pad of paper for keeping notes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small flat compressed cake of some substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

a tablet of soap

Hypernyms ("tablet" is a kind of...):

bar; cake (a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lozenge; pill; tab; tablet

Hypernyms ("tablet" is a kind of...):

dosage; dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tablet"):

bolus (a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine)

capsule (a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside)

dragee (pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy)

sleeping capsule; sleeping draught; sleeping pill; sleeping tablet (a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule))

 Context examples 

A tablet that dissolves or melts quickly (usually within a matter of seconds) when it comes into contact with a liquid.

(Disintegrating Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A tablet covered with a substance that is designed to delay the release of active and/or inert ingredient(s) until the tablet passes into the intestines.

(Enteric Coated Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Tablets for oral suspension containing everolimus, a derivative of the natural macrocyclic lactone sirolimus, with immunosuppressive and antineoplastic activities.

(Everolimus Tablets for Oral Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)

The second tablet said: “The key of the princess’s bed-chamber must be fished up out of the lake.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A tablet that has been compacted into capsule shape and covered in sugar.

(Compressed Sugar Coated Caplet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

We will provide ourselves with tablets and a pencil.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Too many hours looking at smartphones and tablets 'slows down toddlers' language and reading development because it changes the structure of their brains.

(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A tablet whose outer shell is covered with a substance.

(Coated Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A extended release tablet covered with a substance that is designed to delay the release of active and/or inert ingredient(s) until the tablet passes into the intestines.

(Extended Release Enteric Coated Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A combination tablet of ethynyluracil and fluorouracil.

(Eniluracil / 5-FU Combination Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)