noun
tablet
TAB-lut/ˈtæblət/
A flat slab used to bear written information.
The traveler holds a flat tablet that displays information on its screen.
Etymology
The ancestor is either Old French tablete or Latin tabuleta, both diminutives of a word for a slab. The older tablet was a portable writing surface, an image carried forward in the flat touchscreen computer.
In context
And in order to do that, you hand a tablet to your three-year-old.
This is an intelligent tablet that allows me to read about relevant theory.
More examples
- The museum displays clay tablets covered with ancient writing.
- She scratches a message into the wax coating on the tablet.
- A marble tablet above the door records the building's opening date.
Forms
tablet · tablets