Noun: tab tab- A short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it
"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" - [N. Amer, informal] The bill in a restaurant
"he asked the waiter for the tab"; - check [N. Amer], chit, bill [Brit] - The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
- tab key - A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- pill, lozenge, tablet - (computing) a separate document page in a web browser, spreadsheet etc., usually switched between using a row of rectangular widgets with the names of each page
- [N. Amer] A metal ring that is pulled to open a can
- ring pull [Brit], pull tab [N. Amer] Verb: tab (tabbed,tabbing) tab- (computing) use the tab key on a computer to navigate the screen or page (e.g. to change the selected item on screen)
- Mark with a tab
Derived forms: tabbing, tabs, tabbed Type of: account, bill, dosage, dose, invoice, key, slip, strip Part of: typewriter keyboard Encyclopedia: Tab, IN |