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1. 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"
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] The bill in a restaurant
   "he asked the waiter for the tab";
   - check [N. Amer], chit, bill [Brit]
    
3. The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
   - tab key
    
4. A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
   - pill, lozenge, tablet
    
5. (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
    
6. [N. Amer] A metal ring that is pulled to open a can
   - ring pull [Brit], pull tab [N. Amer]

1. (computing) use the tab key on a computer to navigate the screen or page (e.g. to change the selected item on screen)
    
2. 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