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Tab

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Noun

1. check, chit, tab

the bill in a restaurant

Example Sentences:
'he asked the waiter for the check'

2. tab, tabloid, yellow journalism

sensationalist journalism

3. tab, tab key

the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

4. tab

a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it

Example Sentences:
'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'

5. lozenge, pill, tab, tablet

a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tab

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noun
1. 
a small flap of material, esp one on a garment for decoration or for fastening to a button
2. 
any similar flap, such as a piece of paper attached to a file for identification
3. 
an additional webpage or document page that can be opened on a web browser or spreadsheet
4. 
a small auxiliary aerofoil on the trailing edge of a rudder, aileron, or elevator, etc, to assist in the control of the aircraft in flight
See also trimtab
5. British military
the insignia on the collar of a staff officer
6. mainly US and Canadian
a bill, esp one for a meal or drinks
7. Scottish and Northern England dialect
a cigarette
8.  keep tabs on
verbWord forms: tabs, tabbing or tabbed
9. (transitive)
to supply (files, clothing, etc) with a tab or tabs
noun
1.  short for tabulator, tablet
2. slang
a portion of a drug, esp LSD or ecstasy
abbreviation for
1. 
typhoid-paratyphoid A and B (vaccine)
2. Australian and New Zealand
Totalizator Agency Board
abbreviation for
table (list or chart)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tab

see synonyms of tab
noun
1. 
a small, flat loop, strap, or metal ring fastened to something for pulling it, hanging it up, etc.
2. 
a small, often ornamental, flap or piece fastened to the edge or surface as of a dress, coat, etc.
3. 
an attached or projecting piece as of a file folder, often with a label, used in filing
4.  Aeronautics
an auxiliary airfoil set into the trailing edge of a larger control surface, such as an aileron
verb transitiveWord forms: tabbed or ˈtabbing
5. 
to provide with tabs
6. 
to choose or select
noun US, Informal
1. 
a bill or check, as for expenses
2. 
total cost or expenses
noun
1. 
tablet
2. 
tabloid
3. 
tabulator
1. 
table(s)
2.  Pharmacy
tablet(s)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tab

see synonyms of tab
n.
1. A projection, flap, or short strip attached to an object to facilitate opening, handling, or identification.
2. A small, usually decorative flap or tongue on a garment.
3. A small auxiliary airfoil that is attached to a larger one and that helps stabilize an aircraft.
4. A pull-tab.
tr.v. tabbed, tab·bing, tabs
To supply with a tab or tabs.
n.
1. Informal
a. A bill or check, such as one for a meal in a restaurant.
b. Cost; price: The tab for upgrading the computers would be high.
2. A tabulator on a typewriter.
3. Computers
a. A key on a computer keyboard that, when pressed, inserts a special ASCII character used for formatting text, as in indenting a line or block of text.
b. This special ASCII character.
intr.v. tabbed, tab·bing, tabs
To press the tab on a typewriter or computer keyboard: Tab over to the next column.
n.
A tabloid.
abbr.
table

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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