tablet — ONAD

tablet /ˈtablət, ˈtæblət

▸ noun

1 a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription:

at the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet.

▪ Architecture another term for table (SENSE 3 OF THE noun).

2 mainly British a small disk or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug; a pill:

headache tablets

ecstasy tablets.

▪ British a small bar of soap.

3 (also tablet computer or tablet PC) a small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse.

4 North American a writing pad.

– ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula (see table).