tablet
/ˈtæblət/noun
A thin, flat portable computer that you control by touching its screen. It is bigger than a phone and usually has no built-in keyboard.
Example sentences
- “My daughter watches cartoons on her tablet during long car rides.”
- “The waiter took our order on a tablet and sent it to the kitchen.”
- “I read the morning news on my tablet over coffee.”
Common phrases are 'on my tablet', 'a tablet app' and 'a tablet with a stylus'; in medicine the word also means a pill, as in 'take one tablet daily'.