Definition of tab

noun (n)

• the bill in a restaurant (noun.communication)

  Synonym: check, chit
  

  source: wordnet30
• sensationalist journalism (noun.communication)

  Synonym: tabloid, yellow journalism
  

  source: wordnet30
• the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: tab key
  

  source: wordnet30
• a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  Pull the tab to open the can.
  Files with a red tab will be stored separately.
  The collar has a tab with a button hole.
  The filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: lozenge, pill, tablet
  

  source: wordnet30
• The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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