Definition of tablet

• n. - A small table or flat surface.
• n. - A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.
• n. - Hence, a small picture; a miniature.
• n. - A kind of pocket memorandum book.
• n. - A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
• n. - A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.