Definition of "tablet" in Anglais

noun

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

2. (religion) A 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.

5. (computing) A graphics tablet.

6. (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.

7. (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.

8. (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

verb

1. (transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.