tablet — ODE · Shobdo

tablet /ˈtablɪt

▸ 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 English a small disc or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug:

headache tablets

ecstasy tablets.

▪ British English a small block or 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 English a writing pad.

5 a kind of token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

6 [mass noun] Scottish English a traditional sweet made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, resembling fudge but having a hard, grainy texture.

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