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UK [ˈtæblət] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "tablet":
singular tablet plural tablets
1)
a) a small hard round piece of medicine that you swallow

indigestion/headache/antidepressant tablets

take a tablet:

Take two tablets a day, with food.

in tablet form:

The treatment is now available in tablet form.

b) a small hard piece of a substance, especially one that dissolves in water

water purification tablets

2) a flat piece of stone, clay etc with writing cut into it
3) old-fashioned a solid piece of soap
4) tablet computer a small computer which you use by touching the screen rather than using a keyboard
5) American a set of sheets of paper for writing on that are fastened together at one edge
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not be set in/laid down on/written on tablets of stone — to be able to be changed

The Treaty is not written on tablets of stone.


English dictionary. 2014.

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