tablet
Definition of tablet:
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part of speech: noun
A small table or flat surface: something flat on which to write, paint, etc.: a confection in a flat square form.
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part of speech: noun
A small flat surface of any material, anciently used for memoranda; something flat used for writing, painting, or drawing on; a small flattish cake, as of soap; a flat piece of sweetmeat.
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Common misspellings:
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- ablet (14.3%)
- tabet (28.6%)
- talbet (28.6%)
- tabley (28.6%)
Usage examples for tablet:
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She had been taking measurements and putting figures on an ivory tablet that she slipped into a cloth pocket hanging at her side.
"A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia" – Amanda Minnie Douglas -
And it was after the judges had agreed that it was impossible to decide by whom the letter on the tablet had been written, and there had been a great deal of argument on both sides, that the real discussion began.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers" – Georg Ebers -
Finally, if you ask of any Chinaman, he will infallibly tell you that infanticide exists to an enormous extent everywhere in China; and as though in corroboration of his words, alongside many a pool in South China may be found a stone tablet bearing an inscription to the effect that " Female children may not be drowned here."
"China and the Chinese" – Herbert Allen Giles -
For this I've studied, weighed, and written down Each word within the tablet of my memory That was to touch and move her to compassion.
"Mary Stuart A Tragedy" – Frederich Schiller