tablet

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
  2. noun a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
  3. noun a small flat compressed cake of some substance

Etymology

From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).

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