tablet

«tablet» in Mova's school dictionary: a small, flat, hard piece of medicine that you swallow; a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tablet, tablets)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tablet is a small, flat, hard piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill. tree →

2) A tablet is a thin, flat computer with a touch screen. tree →

3) A tablet is a flat piece of stone or clay with writing on it, used long ago. tree →

4) A tablet of soap is a bar of soap. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and safety, only take tablets (medicine) that a parent or doctor gives you, in the right amount; tablets can look like sweets, so keep them out of reach of small children. In technology, children use tablets for learning and games; set limits on screen time and stay safe online. In history, the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians wrote on clay or stone tablets.

examples

• Take one tablet twice a day after meals. tree →
• Never take tablets that are not yours. tree →
• Keep tablets away from small children. tree →
• We use tablets to read e-books in class. tree →
• My tablet needs charging. tree →
• The ancient tablet had writing in pictures. tree →
• Put the tablet down — it's bedtime. tree →
• The Roman tablets told about the soldiers. tree →
• Look here, this is what is written on the tablet of the statue by the lower gate. tree →

note

Countable. In US English «pill» is more common for medicine. In maths dosage problems, «2 tablets 3 times a day» is 2 × 3 = 6 tablets a day; always follow the label.

In the corpora

• Many adults take a tablet every day to keep a long-term condition, like high blood pressure, under control.
• A pill box with the days of the week helps someone see whether today's tablets have been taken and avoid a double dose.
• Tablets, less salt and more exercise can lower high blood pressure, and measuring it only feels like a tight squeeze.
• His heart thumps, his cheeks go hot, and he shoves the tablet under a cushion.
• Dad takes an antacid tablet for heartburn: the alkali in it cancels some stomach acid and the burning eases.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tablet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.