tablet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
  2. noun a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
    pad of paper; pad.
  3. noun a small flat compressed cake of some substance
    • a tablet of soap
  4. noun a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
    lozenge; tab; pill.

WordNet

Ta"blet noun
Etymology
F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.
Definitions
  1. A small table or flat surface.
  2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.
  3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. Obs.
  4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
  5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
  6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.

Webster 1913