| n. | 1. | A small table or flat surface. |
| 2. | A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture. | |
| 3. | Hence, a small picture; a miniature. | |
| 4. | A kind of pocket memorandum book. | |
| 5. | A flattish cake or piece; | |
| 6. | (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; - called also |
| Noun | 1. | tablet - a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription |
| 2. | tablet - a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edgeSynonyms: pad, pad of paper | |
| 3. | tablet - a small flat compressed cake of some substance; "a tablet of soap" | |
| 4. | tablet - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
| TABLET - A query language. ["Human Factor Comparison of a Procedural and a Non-procedural Query Language", C. Welty et al, ACM Trans Database Sys 6(4):626-649 (Dec 1981)]. |
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