Topic: HOSPITAL
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | tablete, from table |
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tab‧let
[countable]
[countable]1MDMH a small round hard piece of medicine which you swallow [= pill]:
2 a small hard piece of a substance, especially one that dissolves in water : water purification tablets
water purification tablets3AV a flat piece of stone or clay with words cut into it, for example above someone's grave
4 used to say that something does not change : The programme should not be set in tablets of stone, but improved continuously.
be written/set/cast in tablets of stone
British EnglishThe programme should not be set in tablets of stone, but improved continuously.5 American English a set of pieces of paper for writing on that are glued together at the top [= pad British English]
