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• tablet — ► NOUN 1) a slab of stone, clay, or wood on which an inscription is written. 2) a pill in the shape of a disc or cylinder, containing a compressed drug or medicine. 3) Brit. a small flat piece of soap. ORIGIN Old French tablete, from Latin tabula …   English terms dictionary

• tablet — [tab′lit] n. [ME tablette < MFr tablete, dim. of table: see TABLE] 1. a thin, flat piece of stone, wood, metal, etc. shaped for a specific purpose 2. such a piece with an inscription, used as a memorial wall panel; plaque 3. a) a smooth, flat… …   English World dictionary

• Soap — For other uses, see Soap (disambiguation). A collection of decorative soaps, often found in hotels …   Wikipedia

• soap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cleanser, cleansing agent; lather; detergent; shampoo; slang, softsoap, corniness, sentimentality. See cleanness, sensibility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. saponin, solvent, softener, soapsuds, detergent;… …   English dictionary for students

• tablet */*/ — UK [ˈtæblət] / US noun [countable] Word forms tablet : singular tablet plural tablets 1) a) a small hard round piece of medicine that you swallow indigestion/headache/antidepressant tablets take a tablet: Take two tablets a day, with food. in… …   English dictionary

• tablet — /tab lit/, n., v., tableted, tableting or tabletted, tabletting. n. 1. a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad. 2. a flat slab or surface, esp. one bearing or intended to bear an inscription,… …   Universalium

• tablet — /ˈtæblət / (say tabluht) noun 1. a small, flat or flattish, cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, as a drug, chemical or the like. 2. US a writing pad. 3. a small, flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an …  

• tablet — noun 1》 a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription.     ↘Architecture another term for table (in sense 3). 2》 chiefly Brit. a pill. 3》 Brit. a small flat piece of soap. 4》 N. Amer. a writing pad. 5》 a token giving… …   English new terms dictionary

• tablet — noun (C) 1 especially BrE a small round hard piece of medicine; pill (1): three tablets a day before meals 2 a flat piece of soap 3 a flat piece of stone or metal with words cut into it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tablet — n. 1 a small measured and compressed amount of a substance, esp. of a medicine or drug. 2 a small flat piece of soap etc. 3 a flat slab of stone or wood, esp. for display or an inscription. 4 Archit. = TABLE 8. 5 US a writing pad. Etymology: ME f …   Useful english dictionary

• Shampoo — This article is about the haircare product. For other uses, see Shampoo (disambiguation). Bottles of shampoo and lotions manufactured in the early 20th century by the C.L. Hamilton Co. of Washington, D.C. Shampoo (English pronunciation:… …   Wikipedia