tablet means A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription. It carries an Arena rating of 1540, earned across 4 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tablet ranks #1,983 of 17,123 for Most Malleable Words, #2,915 of 17,113 for Most Elegant Words, #6,580 of 17,130 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #6,738 of 17,120 for Most Beautiful Words.
tablet is pronounced /ˈtæblət/.
Why “tablet” is a great word
A small, flat slab or panel for inscription, a compressed medicinal dose, or a portable computing device. From Middle English *tablet*, from Old French *tablete*, diminutive of *table* ("table, slab"). Unlike a "slab," which is larger, thicker, and often uninscribed, or a "pill," which is specifically a rounded dose, a tablet is defined by its prepared, functional flatness. It is the Babylonian scribe pressing cuneiform into wet clay, the pharmacist's exact compression of powder into a scored disc, and the luminous pane of glass and light warming in the palm—each a finite plane for externalizing our thoughts, our ailments, and our endless scroll, a vessel to carry something worth keeping across the silence between minds.
Etymology
From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).
noun
- A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
- A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.e.g.“Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.”
- A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.e.g.“Take a full-size writing tablet and follow these steps.”
- A graphics tablet.
- A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
- A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.e.g.“The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it.”
verb
- To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- tabletary 75% match — Of or relating to a tablet (slab used for inscription). vs tablet →
- tabula 59% match — A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved. vs tablet →
- slab 58% match — A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat. vs tablet →
- pugillare 56% match — A wooden writing tablet, coated with wax, used with a stylus. vs tablet →
- digislate 55% match — A computer resembling a slate or tablet. vs tablet →
- pill 54% match — A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. vs tablet →
- album 54% match — In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded. vs tablet →
- tabella 53% match — A medicated lozenge or hard electuary. vs tablet →