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TABL-it/ˈtæblɪt/

A tablet is a small computer with a touch screen, bigger than a phone and smaller than a laptop. A table is furniture — easy mix-up. On a tablet; a laptop has a keyboard that opens, but a tablet often does not. Countable: a tablet. Later, tablet can also mean a pill.

Meaning

A small computer with a touch screen.

Examples

• “The children read on a tablet.”
• “Leave the tablet on charge.”
• “This book is also on the tablet.”

Good to know

on a tablet. Contrast: table (furniture), laptop (keyboard), phone (smaller).

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