wax tablet
[ waks tab-lit ]
/ ˈwæks ˌtæb lɪt /
noun
a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.
Sometimes
waxed tab·let
[wakst tab-lit] /ˈwækst ˈtæb lɪt/.
Origin of wax tablet
First recorded in 1800–10
Words nearby wax tablet
wax museum,
wax myrtle,
wax palm,
wax paper,
wax plant,
wax tablet,
wax tree,
waxahachie,
waxberry,
waxbill,
waxcloth
Example sentences from the Web for wax tablet
In the schools the wax-tablet supplied the place of the slate, and in daily life was a substitute for our note-book.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein