'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
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
- account book,
- address book,
- adversaria,
- album,
- annual,
- appointment calendar,
- appointment schedule,
- arch,
- barrow,
- blankbook,
- blotter,
- bolus,
- boundary stone,
- brass,
- bust,
- cairn,
- calendar,
- capsule,
- cashbook,
- catalog,
- cenotaph,
- classified catalog,
- coat,
- coating,
- collop,
- column,
- commonplace book,
- court calendar,
- covering,
- cromlech,
- cross,
- cup,
- cut,
- cyclolith,
- daybook,
- deal,
- desk calendar,
- diary,
- diptych,
- disk,
- docket,
- dolmen,
- Domesday Book,
- drop,
- engagement book,
- feuille,
- film,
- flap,
- foil,
- fold,
- footstone,
- grave,
- gravestone,
- headstone,
- hoarstone,
- inscription,
- journal,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- laminated glass,
- laminated wood,
- lap,
- leaf,
- ledger,
- log,
- logbook,
- loose-leaf notebook,
- lozenge,
- marker,
- mausoleum,
- megalith,
- membrane,
- memento,
- memo book,
- memorandum book,
- memorial,
- memorial arch,
- memorial column,
- memorial statue,
- memorial stone,
- memory book,
- menhir,
- monolith,
- monument,
- mound,
- necrology,
- notebook,
- obelisk,
- obituary,
- panel,
- pastille,
- patina,
- peel,
- pellet,
- pellicle,
- petty cashbook,
- pill,
- pillar,
- plait,
- plank,
- plaque,
- plaquette,
- plate,
- plating,
- ply,
- plywood,
- pocket notebook,
- pocketbook,
- police blotter,
- prize,
- pyramid,
- rasher,
- reliquary,
- remembrance,
- ribbon,
- rostral column,
- safety glass,
- scrapbook,
- scratch pad,
- scum,
- shaft,
- sheet,
- shrine,
- skin,
- slab,
- slat,
- slice,
- spiral notebook,
- stela,
- stone,
- stupa,
- table,
- testimonial,
- tomb,
- tombstone,
- tope,
- triptych,
- troche,
- trophy,
- veneer,
- wafer,
- workbook,
- writing tablet,
- yearbook