tablet

n. pill, capsule; pad of paper bound together at one end; flat piece of stone or other material bearing an inscription

v. inscribe on a flat piece of stone or other material, inscribe on a tablet; form into a tablet

For other meanings please see Tablet (disambiguation) A tablet is a mixture of active substances and excipients, usually in powder form, pressed or compacted into a solid. The excipients include binders, glidants (flow aids) and lubricants to ensure efficient tabletting; disintegrants to ensure that the tablet breaks up in the digestive tract; sweetners or flavours to mask the taste of bad-tasting active ingredients; and pigments to make uncoated tablets visually attractive. A coating may be applied to hide the taste of the tablet's components, to make the tablet smoother and easier to swallow, and to make it more resistant to the environment, extending its shelf life.
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Noun
1. a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
(hypernym) slab
(hyponym) abacus
2. a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
(synonym) pad, pad of paper
(hypernym) paper
(hyponym) message pad, writing pad
3. a small flat compressed cake of some substance; "a tablet of soap"
(hypernym) cake, bar
4. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
(synonym) pill, lozenge, tab
(hypernym) dose
(hyponym) bolus

n. tablet, lozenge, tabloid, troche, bar, slab, plank

n. tablet, tabloid, table