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plural tablets
A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription. quotations examples
Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England and Wales with schools."
2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56
(religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith. examples
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance. examples
A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper. quotations examples
Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.
2005, Kenneth T. Henson, Writing for Publication: Road to Academic Advancement, page 80
(computing) A graphics tablet. examples
(computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer. examples
(Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge. examples
(rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line. quotations examples
The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.
1939 November, “Overseas Railways: Locomotive Performance in New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 351
third-person singular simple present tablets, present participle tableting or tabletting, simple past and past participle tableted or tabletted
(transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets. examples