B1nounhealthtechnology
US/ˈtæb.lət/
UK/ˈtæb.lət/
a small round piece of medicine you swallow, or a thin flat computer you use by touching the screen
In context
Take one tablet with water after each meal.
I read the news on my tablet every morning on the bus.
Archaeologists found a clay tablet covered in ancient writing.
Words that go with tablet
verb + noun
- take a tabletTake a tablet if the pain gets worse.
- swallow a tabletIt is hard for small children to swallow a tablet.
noun + noun
- tablet computerHe bought a tablet computer for his daughter.
- headache tabletShe keeps a headache tablet in her bag.
- stone tabletThe laws were carved on a stone tablet.
- tablet screenThe tablet screen cracked when it fell.
Common mistakes
Incorrect:
drink a tabletCorrect: take a tablet