tablet
pronunciation
How to pronounce tablet in British English:
UK [ˈtæblət]
How to pronounce tablet in American English:
US [ˈtæblət]
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- Noun:
- a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- a small flat compressed cake of some substance
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
Word Origin
- tablet (n.)
- c. 1300, "slab or flat surface for an inscription" (especially the two Mosaic tables of stone), from Old French tablete "small table, merchant's display counter" (13c., Modern French tablette), diminutive of table "slab," or from Medieval Latin tabuleta (source also of Spanish tableta, Italian tavoletta), diminutive of Latin tabula (see table (n.)). The meaning "lozenge, pill" is first recorded 1580s; that of "pad of writing paper" in 1880.
Example
- 1. Should I take a vitamin tablet or some kind of dietary supplement every day ?
- 2. Demand has historically been greatest for tamiflu , which comes in tablet form , while relenza must be inhaled .
- 3. The prescription drug is already available to cancer patients in solution , tablet or injection form , but the patch makes delivery easier and more convenient .
- 4. The iconic manufactured goods of modern life are the ipod and the cruise missile , the viagra tablet and the coca-cola can .
- 5. The crisis in the car industry has led to a global shortage of a chemical solvent used for everything from checking the mould level in a chocolate bar to making sure a tablet of aspirin is safe .