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Definition of tablet in English: tabletnoun ˈtablɪtˈtæblət 1A flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription. （石、黏土、木头制的）刻写板 at the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet Example sentencesExamples - They are found carved in rock, ceramics, clay tablets, mosaics, manuscripts, stone patterns, turf, hedges, and cathedral pavements.
- An old walled kitchen garden to the east has become the setting for stone tablets inscribed by letter cutters.
- This story of Moses' summons to go to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone would have been a familiar text to temple leaders and other practicing Jews of Jesus' day.
- Our signs carved in stone, inscribed on clay tablets, painted on walls, papyrus or on pieces of leather, could be transported to different places and people.
- A votive tablet found in Plovdiv and now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia depicts one such occurrence.
- Representations of votive tablets on pillars, however, also occur on a number of regular votive reliefs.
- The names of foreign enemies and Egyptian traitors were inscribed on clay pots, tablets, or figurines of bound prisoners.
- Any significant ancient ruler required a personal seal for signing clay tablets and other inscriptions.
- As if memories were not enough, two stone tablets with inscriptions and a copper plate were unearthed from inside the church.
- This cult of sacrifice is eulogised in a number of inscriptions on tablets called the hero-stones found in this part of the country and these glorify the warrior clans and their valor.
- Many of these Han burials were readily identifiable by inscribed stone stelae, tablets recording the name, titles, and dates of the deceased.
- Among them is a single display of Babylonian cuneiform tablets that accounts for nine missing items.
- The clay cuneiform tablets, only inches tall, record business from about 2000 B.C.
- The oldest extant writing surfaces include Babylonian clay tablets and Indian palm leaves.
- From beneath mounds of sand and debris, Babylon and Nineveh were exposed to view together with whole libraries of clay cuneiform tablets.
- We have an inscription on a stone tablet which contains a date which translates to 876.
- Thousands of cuneiform tablets and ancient Christian, Muslim and Jewish manuscripts are gone.
- Moses is clutching under his right arm what must be the twin tablets of stone upon which he inscribed the Ten Commandments.
- The tablet's inscription tells the story of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Synonyms slab, panel, plaque, plate, sign stone, gravestone, headstone, tombstone, memorial - 1.1Architecture
another term for table (sense 3 of the noun)
2British A small disc or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug. 〈主英〉（多指药品的）小块；药片，片剂 Example sentencesExamples - If you are taking the extended-release tablet form of this medicine, swallow the tablets whole.
- Inflammation can be reduced with ibuprofen tablets and paracetamol can help to relieve any pain.
- Codeine tablets and morphine oral solution are available.
- Antihistamine drugs are available as tablets, creams, and injections.
- Severe attacks of asthma are sometimes treated with a course of steroid tablets, such as prednisolone.
- You will usually be given pain relief such as paracetamol or codeine tablets to help ease your discomfort.
- Many chest physicians advise patients who are taking steroids to swallow their tablets in the morning because morning dosing is thought to minimise adrenal suppression.
- Combination chemotherapy can be used, usually as a combination of intravenous drugs and tablets.
- Even a quarter of an aspirin tablet, taken in regular doses, can be enough to prevent attacks.
- Drugs such as aspirin, cold tablets and vitamins are best taken with water.
- Each tablet of the drug was administered with 300 ml of water.
- I'm hoping the combination of sleeping pill and codeine tablets will kick in for her shortly to give her some relief and both of us some rest.
- Taking just one ecstasy tablet could cause long-lasting brain damage leading to depression, scientists have warned.
- It is important to ask about over the counter medicines such as cold tablets and sleep aids, which patients and families may forget to mention.
- Another technique that can be used with a tablet of medicine that is too bitter to chew is to crush it and mix it with strawberry jam or applesauce, she adds.
- You may be given antibiotic tablets or capsules in addition to a topical treatment.
- You can also take antihistamine tablets containing drugs such as cyclizine or cinnarizine to prevent travel or motion sickness.
- Fifteen people described how they deliberately and routinely adjusted the amount of tablets they took.
- I would like you to think about a drug, a tablet, which can prevent heart attacks.
- An amount of ecstasy tablets were also seized in this raid.
Synonyms pill, capsule, lozenge, caplet, pastille, pellet, drop, ball informal tab rare jujube, bolus, troche, pilule - 2.1 A small block or bar of soap.
〈英〉一块肥皂 Example sentencesExamples - Before the ‘boys’ came along everything at the factory was done by hand - including cutting the soap into bars or tablets.
Synonyms bar, cake, slab, brick, block, chunk, piece
3A small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse. 〈商标〉平板电脑 4North American A writing pad. 〈北美〉便笺簿，拍纸簿 Example sentencesExamples - And speaking of notes, an anonymous hand-scrawled poem mysteriously appeared on a communal writing tablet in the bathroom that night.
- She is sitting at her window with her writing tablet, the full moon providing substantial light.
- It consisted of a video of a little girl's hand clasping a pencil and writing on a tablet.
- Legal pad enthusiasts do seem to have a psychological connection to their writing tablets.
- Pulling his writing tablet from his harness pouch, Alan retrieved the pen he'd placed in the side of his war collar.
- In her arms was a writing tablet and a pencil, looking like they were about to fly out of her hands at any moment.
Synonyms notebook, notepad, writing pad, memo pad, jotter, block, sketch pad, sketchbook 5A kind of token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line. （单线）路牌 Example sentencesExamples - Note how the engine driver hands down the tablet to the station master.
6Scottish mass noun A traditional sweet made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, resembling fudge but having a hard, grainy texture. 〈苏格兰〉乳脂软糖
OriginMiddle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula (see table). Definition of tablet in US English: tabletnounˈtablətˈtæblət 1A flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription. （石、黏土、木头制的）刻写板 at the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet Example sentencesExamples - They are found carved in rock, ceramics, clay tablets, mosaics, manuscripts, stone patterns, turf, hedges, and cathedral pavements.
- Any significant ancient ruler required a personal seal for signing clay tablets and other inscriptions.
- The names of foreign enemies and Egyptian traitors were inscribed on clay pots, tablets, or figurines of bound prisoners.
- Many of these Han burials were readily identifiable by inscribed stone stelae, tablets recording the name, titles, and dates of the deceased.
- The tablet's inscription tells the story of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
- The clay cuneiform tablets, only inches tall, record business from about 2000 B.C.
- A votive tablet found in Plovdiv and now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia depicts one such occurrence.
- This story of Moses' summons to go to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone would have been a familiar text to temple leaders and other practicing Jews of Jesus' day.
- Our signs carved in stone, inscribed on clay tablets, painted on walls, papyrus or on pieces of leather, could be transported to different places and people.
- An old walled kitchen garden to the east has become the setting for stone tablets inscribed by letter cutters.
- Thousands of cuneiform tablets and ancient Christian, Muslim and Jewish manuscripts are gone.
- The oldest extant writing surfaces include Babylonian clay tablets and Indian palm leaves.
- We have an inscription on a stone tablet which contains a date which translates to 876.
- As if memories were not enough, two stone tablets with inscriptions and a copper plate were unearthed from inside the church.
- Representations of votive tablets on pillars, however, also occur on a number of regular votive reliefs.
- Moses is clutching under his right arm what must be the twin tablets of stone upon which he inscribed the Ten Commandments.
- This cult of sacrifice is eulogised in a number of inscriptions on tablets called the hero-stones found in this part of the country and these glorify the warrior clans and their valor.
- Among them is a single display of Babylonian cuneiform tablets that accounts for nine missing items.
- From beneath mounds of sand and debris, Babylon and Nineveh were exposed to view together with whole libraries of clay cuneiform tablets.
Synonyms slab, panel, plaque, plate, sign - 1.1Architecture
another term for table (sense 3 of the noun)
2British A small disk or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug; a pill. 〈主英〉（多指药品的）小块；药片，片剂 Example sentencesExamples - It is important to ask about over the counter medicines such as cold tablets and sleep aids, which patients and families may forget to mention.
- Each tablet of the drug was administered with 300 ml of water.
- You will usually be given pain relief such as paracetamol or codeine tablets to help ease your discomfort.
- Another technique that can be used with a tablet of medicine that is too bitter to chew is to crush it and mix it with strawberry jam or applesauce, she adds.
- I would like you to think about a drug, a tablet, which can prevent heart attacks.
- I'm hoping the combination of sleeping pill and codeine tablets will kick in for her shortly to give her some relief and both of us some rest.
- You can also take antihistamine tablets containing drugs such as cyclizine or cinnarizine to prevent travel or motion sickness.
- Antihistamine drugs are available as tablets, creams, and injections.
- Even a quarter of an aspirin tablet, taken in regular doses, can be enough to prevent attacks.
- Codeine tablets and morphine oral solution are available.
- Combination chemotherapy can be used, usually as a combination of intravenous drugs and tablets.
- If you are taking the extended-release tablet form of this medicine, swallow the tablets whole.
- Inflammation can be reduced with ibuprofen tablets and paracetamol can help to relieve any pain.
- Taking just one ecstasy tablet could cause long-lasting brain damage leading to depression, scientists have warned.
- You may be given antibiotic tablets or capsules in addition to a topical treatment.
- Many chest physicians advise patients who are taking steroids to swallow their tablets in the morning because morning dosing is thought to minimise adrenal suppression.
- Fifteen people described how they deliberately and routinely adjusted the amount of tablets they took.
- Drugs such as aspirin, cold tablets and vitamins are best taken with water.
- Severe attacks of asthma are sometimes treated with a course of steroid tablets, such as prednisolone.
- An amount of ecstasy tablets were also seized in this raid.
Synonyms pill, capsule, lozenge, caplet, pastille, pellet, drop, ball - 2.1 A small bar of soap.
〈英〉一块肥皂 Example sentencesExamples - Before the ‘boys’ came along everything at the factory was done by hand - including cutting the soap into bars or tablets.
Synonyms bar, cake, slab, brick, block, chunk, piece
3A small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse. 〈商标〉平板电脑 4North American A writing pad. 〈北美〉便笺簿，拍纸簿 Example sentencesExamples - Pulling his writing tablet from his harness pouch, Alan retrieved the pen he'd placed in the side of his war collar.
- Legal pad enthusiasts do seem to have a psychological connection to their writing tablets.
- And speaking of notes, an anonymous hand-scrawled poem mysteriously appeared on a communal writing tablet in the bathroom that night.
- It consisted of a video of a little girl's hand clasping a pencil and writing on a tablet.
- She is sitting at her window with her writing tablet, the full moon providing substantial light.
- In her arms was a writing tablet and a pencil, looking like they were about to fly out of her hands at any moment.
Synonyms notebook, notepad, writing pad, memo pad, jotter, block, sketch pad, sketchbook
OriginMiddle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula (see table). |