Tablas

American  

[tahb-luhs] / ˈtɑb ləs /

noun

1. an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

Jason Haas, general manager of Tablas Creek Vineyard in Paso Robles, Calif., raised eyebrows when he wrote on the winery blog in early March that Tablas had saved more than $2 million since shifting to lighter bottles in 2010.

From Washington Post

For several days, Jason Haas and his employees at the Tablas Creek Vineyard couldn't reach their vines.

From BBC

Tablas Creek Vineyard, in the coastal foothills of Paso Robles, had been producing about a third of its typical yield since 2017 due to severe drought.

From BBC

The strumming of a sitar, the pounding of tablas, the plucking of a violin — these were coming from the hospital, now the makeshift home of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.

From New York Times

Hovering electronic chords and an electroacoustic mesh of percussion — tablas, synthesizer blips, string-like plinks, notes running backward, quietly thumped downbeats — accompany a serenely airborne melody with a distant hint of Celtic ballad.

From New York Times