📱 A touchscreen device 💊 A pill 🪨 A flat writing surface 🏭 To make pills

to tablet

8.1

To press powder into small medicine pills

verb
/ˈtæblɪt/

Specialized

: comprimir

After preparing the mixture, the technician tablets it to ensure accurate dosing.
tableted extract

Examples

Never switch a low-dose drug; less than a 10 mg dose per pill means a larger margin for error in tabletting, and there are very few manufacturers in the world with the capability to tablet reliably below 10 mg API per pill.

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The pharmacist tablets the powdered medicine into uniform shapes for easier use.
To create the supplement, the manufacturer tablets the active ingredients into small pills.

Compounds

tablet computer

5 3.5

A small flat device with a touchscreen that you use for the internet and apps

sleeping tablet

1 2.8

A small pill that helps you sleep

Babylonian tablet

9.9

An ancient flat piece of clay from Babylon with wedge-shaped writing used to record laws, trade, or stories

memorial tablet

6.2

A flat plate fixed to a wall that has names to remember people or events

tablet-armed chair

5.9

A chair with a flat arm that serves as a small desk

Surface Forms

tablet infinitive

tableted past

tableted past participle

tablet present participle

tablets third person singular

Etymology

To tablet as a verb means to form a substance into small flat pieces and comes from the noun tablet, which meant a 'little board' or 'flat piece', so to tablet medicine is to make it into pills.