1
a
: a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription
b
: a thin slab or one of a set of portable sheets used for writing
2
a
: a small mass of medicated material
an aspirin tablet
b
: a compressed or molded block of a solid material
3
a
or tablet computer
: a mobile computing device that has a flat, rectangular form like that of a magazine or pad of paper, that is usually controlled by means of a touch screen, and that is typically used for accessing the Internet, watching videos, playing games, reading electronic books, etc.
b
Examples of tablet in a Sentence
you'll need to use your writing tablet to record all the information that the real estate agent is likely to reel off
take two tablets of the medication every eight hours
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Although they’re never specifically called slaves, there are clues within the tablets that these women are—like Briseis, like Andromache—exactly those kinds of enslaved foreign victims, deported back to Greece, that Homer mentions.
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Samsung is working overtime to entice shoppers to try out the new handset by upping trade-in prices and giving away a free tablet.
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Apple’s iPad Pros started boosting the tablets’ processing power, RAM, and storage in earnest in the late 2010s, and Apple introduced a Microsoft Surface-like keyboard and stylus accessories that moved the iPad away from its role as a content consumption device.
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Other research found that those who consumed two powdered ginger tablets for 12 weeks showed a decrease in changes in:23
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Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Samsung is working overtime to entice shoppers to try out the new handset by upping trade-in prices and giving away a free tablet.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Apple’s iPad Pros started boosting the tablets’ processing power, RAM, and storage in earnest in the late 2010s, and Apple introduced a Microsoft Surface-like keyboard and stylus accessories that moved the iPad away from its role as a content consumption device.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Other research found that those who consumed two powdered ginger tablets for 12 weeks showed a decrease in changes in:23
Body weight
BMI
Waist and hip circumferences
Body composition
Appetite
8.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for tablet
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“Tablet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tablet. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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tablet
noun
tab·let
ˈtab-lət 
1
a
: a flat slab suited for an inscription
2
a
: a compressed or molded block of a solid material
b
: a small usually round mass of material containing medicine
aspirin tablet
3
a
b
or tablet computer
: a mobile computing device that has a flat rectangular form, is usually controlled by means of a touch screen, and is typically used for accessing the Internet, watching videos, and reading e-books
Medical Definition
tablet
noun
tab·let
ˈtab-lət
: a small mass of medicated material (as in the shape of a disk)
an aspirin tablet
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