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Definition of 'tab'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tab
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.

2.  tab
a tag or label.

3.  tab
a small projection from a card, paper, or folder, used as an aid in filing.

4.  tab
Informal. a bill; check.

5.  tab
a small piece attached or intended to be attached, as to an automobile license plate.

6.  tab
a typewriter stop or computer command that moves the carriage, cursor, or printing element a predetermined number of spaces.

7.  tab
the key that activates such a stop or command.

8.  tab
a small airfoil hinged to the rear portion of a control surface, as to an elevator, aileron, or rudder.

9. (v.t.) tab
to furnish or ornament with tabs.

10.  tab
to name or designate.

11. (v.i.) tab
to operate the tab function on a typewriter or computer.

12. (Informal.) tab
a tablet, as of a drug.

Etymology: (1960–65; by shortening)

Definition of 'tab'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) check, chit, tab
the bill in a restaurant
"he asked the waiter for the check"

2. (noun) yellow journalism, tabloid, tab
sensationalist journalism

3. (noun) tab key, tab
the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

4. (noun) 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"

5. (noun) pill, lozenge, tablet, tab
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Definition of 'tab'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tab
a piece you pull to open sth
Pull the tab back to open the can.

Definition of 'tab'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tab
the flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle

2. (noun) tab
a tag. See Tag, 2

3. (noun) tab
a loop for pulling or lifting something

4. (noun) tab
a border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets

5. (noun) tab
a loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border

Translation of 'tab'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small flat piece of some material attached to, or part of, something larger, which stands up so that it can be seen, held, pulled etc You open the packet by pulling the tab.
Afrikaans: oortjie	Arabic: لِسان، أُذْن	Bulgarian: етикет
Brazilian: tira	Czech: jazýček, ouško	German: der Streifen
Danish: ring; tap	Greek: λωρίδα στην άκρη αντικειμ	Spanish: lengüeta; anilla (de lata
Estonian: lapakas	Farsi: زبانه؛ قلاب	Finnish: nipukka
French: patte, languette	Hebrew: תָּווִית	Hindi: टैब
Croatian: uho, jezičak	Hungarian: fül	Indonesian: carikan
Icelandic: tunga, flipi	Italian: etichetta, linguetta	Japanese: つまみ
Korean: 색인표	Lithuanian: galiukas	Latvian: galiņš; astīte
Malay: hujung bungkusan yg terju	Dutch: flap	Norwegian: flik, klaff
Polish: języczek, końcówka	Persian: زبانه؛ قلاب	Pashto: كارت چه دشى بيه يانوم پرل
Portuguese: tira	Romanian: inel (de capac)	Russian: висящий кончик
Slovak: uško, rúčka	Slovenian: zavihek, jeziček	Serbian: jezičak
Swedish: flik	Thai: แถบที่ดึง	Turkish: uç
Taiwanese: (衣服等處的)襟，(裝飾衣服用的)垂片	Ukrainian: петелька; вушко	Urdu: تکمہ، بند
Vietnamese: vạt; miếng (dính vào vật	Chinese: 提扣
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