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Tablet (noun)
A slab of clay used for inscription.
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Tablet (noun)
A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá’í faith.
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Tablet (noun)
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
“Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.”
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Tablet (noun)
A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
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Tablet (noun)
A graphics tablet.
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Tablet (noun)
A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
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Tablet (noun)
A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.
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Tablet (noun)
A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
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Tablet (verb)
To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
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Pill (noun)
A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
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Pill (noun)
Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
“Jane went on the pill when she left for college.”
“She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.”
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Pill (noun)
A comical or entertaining person.
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Pill (noun)
A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
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Pill (noun)
A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
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Pill (noun)
A baseball.
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Pill (noun)
A bullet (projectile).
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Pill (noun)
A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
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Pill (noun)
The peel or skin.
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Pill (noun)
An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
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Pill (verb)
Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
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Pill (verb)
To form into the shape of a pill.
“Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.”
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Pill (verb)
To medicate with pills.
“She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.”
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Pill (verb)
To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
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Pill (verb)
To peel; to make by removing the skin.
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Pill (verb)
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
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Pill (verb)
To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.