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. OF tablete f. Rmc, dimin. of L tabula TABLE
Useful english dictionary. 2012.