wax tablet

noun

A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.

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Meanings

nounwax tablet (plural wax tablets)

plural wax tablets

  1. A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.

Translations

Ancient Greek κήρα
  • κήρα (kḗra)tablet covered with wax
Finnish vahataulu
  • vahataulutablet covered with wax
French tablette de cire
  • tablette de ciretablet covered with wax
German Wachstafel
  • Wachstafeltablet covered with wax
Hungarian viasztábla
  • viasztáblatablet covered with wax
Italian tavoletta cerata
  • tavoletta ceratatablet covered with wax
Latin cēra, tabula cerāta
  • cēratablet covered with wax
  • tabula cerātatablet covered with wax
Polish tabliczka woskowa
  • tabliczka woskowatablet covered with wax
Russian воскова́я табли́чка
  • воскова́я табли́чка (voskovája tablíčka)tablet covered with wax
Spanish tablilla de cera
  • tablilla de ceratablet covered with wax
Cite this entry
APA

wax tablet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wax%20tablet

MLA

“wax tablet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wax%20tablet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wax tablet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wax%20tablet.

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