tablet

A2 · Elementary Countable noun Computing

n. a thin, portable computer that you control by touching the screen.

n. a mobile computer with a touchscreen interface, typically larger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop.

“She uses her tablet to read books and watch movies on the plane.”

“The school provided each student with a tablet to facilitate digital note-taking and access to interactive textbooks during the semester.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. a flat piece of stone or clay used in the past for writing.

n. a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, especially one bearing an inscription or used for writing in antiquity.

Español:placa

“The museum has an ancient stone tablet with laws written on it.”

“Archaeologists discovered a clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform script, providing new insights into the trade agreements of the ancient city-state.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun American English

n. a collection of sheets of paper joined together at the top.

n. a number of sheets of writing paper fastened together at one edge.

“He grabbed a tablet of paper to write down the shopping list.”

“She kept a tablet of lined paper on her nightstand to record her thoughts immediately upon waking.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Cooking British English · Dialect

n. a hard, sweet snack made from sugar, butter, and condensed milk.

n. a traditional Scottish confection with a grainy texture, primarily composed of sugar, butter, and condensed milk.

“My grandmother always makes homemade tablet for us at Christmas.”

“While similar to fudge, Scottish tablet is boiled to a higher temperature, resulting in a characteristically brittle and grainy consistency.”

C2 · Proficiency Technology Formal · Technical

v. to press a powder or medicine into the shape of a small pill.

v. to process a substance, typically a pharmaceutical, into the form of tablets.

“The machine can tablet thousands of doses of medicine every hour.”

“The raw chemical compound is granulated and dried before it is sent to the high-speed press to be tableted for commercial distribution.”