1 (especially BrE) a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow
SYNPILL:
vitamin tablets * Take two tablets with water before meals.
2 an amount of another substance in a small round solid piece:
water purification tablets
3 a flat piece of stone that has words written on it, especially one that has been fixed to a wall in memory of an important person or event:
The school has a memorial tablet engraved with the name of the founder. * (figurative) We can be very flexible-our entry requirements are not set in tablets of stone (= they can be changed).
4 ~ of soap (old-fashioned, formal) a piece of soap
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