tablets

noun

plural of tablet
1
as in notebooks
a number of sheets of writing paper glued together at one edge you'll need to use your writing tablet to record all the information that the real estate agent is likely to reel off

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2
as in pills
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally take two tablets of the medication every eight hours

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Recent Examples of tablets Touchscreen displays are standard for smartphones and tablets, but many computer manufacturers have started incorporating them into their laptop designs. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 Over the centuries, new technologies — like television and tablets — have eased the burdens of caregiving or helped keep children occupied. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 July 2026 Nine of these states will not charge sales tax on tech purchases, including laptops, personal computers, and tablets. — Courtney Johnston, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026 As a result, companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Dell have announced price increases for laptops, tablets and video game consoles. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Smart TVs, phones, tablets, laptops, refrigerators, robot vacuums and security cameras may all be sharing the same network. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 Phone booths for making calls weren’t yet set up, and tablets that detainees were given to call their lawyers didn’t work. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 The whole memory industry is experiencing soaring prices due to the AI crunch, which means there's also a shortage for traditional memory needed for phones, tablets, PCs, cars, medical devices and other products. — Kif Leswing,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 9 July 2026 Wild Orchard is beginning to roll out additional ways to consume its green tea, including single-serve shots and concentrated tablets–all different vessels to retrieve these hyper-intensive health benefits with utmost efficiency. — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tablets
  1. notebooks
  2. pills
  3. pads
  4. capsules
Noun
  • The best smart notebooks This smart notebook fits in a pocket, has 48 reusable pages and comes with the Pilot Frixion pen required for note-taking.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Lunch boxes, markers, notebooks and notebook filler paper.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of notebooks
Noun
  • The agency had helped fund academic research that later formed the basis for two Gilead HIV pills, Truvada and Descovy.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 July 2026
  • The participants underwent a battery of physical exams, and then were put on personalized protocols, prescribed by doctors, before receiving their first pills and injections.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of pills
Noun
  • The semicircular blobs are from the carnivoran’s metacarpal pads; five digits extend out, short like a dog’s paws but spread wide like human fingers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Those launch pads are optimized for equatorial orbits, so SpaceX may need launch sites for missions to Sun-synchronous orbits.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of pads
Noun
  • Officers searched Clarke's car and found several large bags of clear capsules containing a green powdery substance, according to a police report.
    — Jake Rosenwasser, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Its leaves, which contain two major psychoactive ingredients called mitragynine and 7-hydroxymytragynine (7-OH), can be brewed in teas, smoked or used as gel capsules.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of capsules

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