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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

tab·let / ˈtablit/ • n. a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used esp. for an inscription. ∎ a small disk or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug; a pill. ∎ a writing pad. ∎ Archit. another term for table (sense 3).

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tablet slab for an inscription or carving XIV; slab or panel for a painting XVI; sheet or leaf or (pl.) a set of them for writing on XVII; flat cake, lozenge XVI. — OF. tablete (mod. tablette); Rom. dim. of L. tabula TABLE; see -ET.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

tablet.
1. Small slab or panel set into or attached to a wall or other large mass, often framed, and carrying an inscription, usually commemorative.

2. Horizontal capping or coping. See also tabling.

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

tablet (tab-lit) n. (in pharmacy) a small disc containing one or more drugs, made by compressing a powdered form of the drug(s). It is usually taken by mouth.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Tablet. A RC weekly founded in 1840.

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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

tablet Short for data tablet.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

tablet •mallet, palette, pallet, valet •tablet • pamphlet • aglet • anklet •candlelit • hamlet •Caplet, chaplet •lamplit • flatlet • mantlet •haslet, Hazlitt •scarlet, Scarlett, starlet, starlit, varlet •armlet • lancelet • branchlet •martlet, tartlet •plantlet • pellet • reglet • necklet •playlet • lakelet • bracelet •platelet, statelet •wavelet • leaflet • eaglet • streamlet •billet, filet, fillet, millet, skillet, willet •driblet, triblet •piglet • singlet • gimlet • inlet •kinglet, ringlet, springlet, winglet •ripplet, triplet •wristlet •eyelet, islet, stylet, twilit •pikelet •collet, Smollett, wallet •goblet • rodlet •omelette (US omelet) • droplet •torchlit •corselet, corselette •gauntlet (US gantlet) • owlet •townlet • toadlet • notelet • toilet •moonlit • sextuplet • fruitlet •bullet, pullet •booklet, brooklet, hooklet •quadruplet • annulet • septuplet •rivulet • quintuplet •gullet, mullet •doublet • floodlit •runlet, sunlit •couplet • cutlet • frontlet • violet •coverlet • circlet • verselet

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