tablet

plural tablets

1. A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.

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   Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England and Wales with schools."

   2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56

2. lifestyleA short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
3. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.

   Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.

4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.

   Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.

   2005, Kenneth T. Henson, Writing for Publication: Road to Academic Advancement, →ISBN, page 80

5. computingA graphics tablet.
6. computingA tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
7. ScotlandA confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
8. rail transportA type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

   The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.

   1939 November, “Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 351

present singular third person tablets · participle present tableting · participle present uncommon tabletting · participle past tableted · past tableted · participle past uncommon tabletted · past uncommon tabletted

1. transitiveTo form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.