tablet

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Singular
tablet

Plural
tablets

  1. (countable) (medicine) A tablet is a small, hard medicine or vitamin that you take by mouth.
    Take only one 600-milligram tablet of calcium a day.
  2. (countable) A tablet is a hard surface for writing on.
    The agreement is not written on tablets of stone.
  3. (countable) A tablet is a tablet computer; a large touch-screen device.
    I bring a tablet to work rather than a laptop because it is more portable.

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