tablet

/tab"lit/, n., v., tableted, tableting or tabletted, tabletting.

n.

1. a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.

2. a flat slab or surface, esp. one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like.

3. a thin, flat leaf or sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material, used for writing or marking on, esp. one of a pair or set hinged or otherwise fastened together.

4. tablets, the set as a whole.

5. a small, flat, or flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, as a drug, chemical, or soap.

v.t.

6. to furnish or mark with a tablet or plaque.

7. to mark or inscribe (memoranda, notes, etc.) on a tablet.

8. to form into tablets, cakes, pellets, etc.

[1275-1325; ME tablette < MF tablete. See TABLE, -ET]

Syn. 2. plaque.

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