wax tablet

English

Noun

wax tablet (plural wax tablets)

1. A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.

Translations

tablet covered with wax

Armenian: մոմատախտակ (hy) (momataxtak) Finnish: vahataulu French: tablette de cire f German: Wachstafel Greek: Ancient: κήρα (kḗra) Hungarian: viasztábla (hu) Italian: tavoletta cerata Latin: cēra, tabula cerāta Old English: ǣstel m Polish: tabliczka woskowa f Russian: воскова́я табли́чка f (voskovája tablíčka) Spanish: tablilla de cera

Further reading

• wax tablet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia