'Tab' definitions:
Definition of 'tab'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Sensationalist journalism [syn: yellow journalism, tabloid, tab]
noun
The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation [syn: tab key, tab]
noun
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"
noun
Definition of 'Tab'
From: GCIDE
- Tab \Tab\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
- 1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tag. See Tag, 2. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A loop for pulling or lifting something. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border. [1913 Webster]
- 6. a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation is written to permit convenient search for the folder, card, etc. [PJC]
- 7. a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as, the salesman will pick up the tab. [PJC]
- 8. a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position; -- used especially to type or print text or numbers in columns. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'tab'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a reckoning of,
- account,
- account of,
- act drop,
- afterpart,
- afterpiece,
- amount,
- appoint,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- assign,
- backdrop,
- batten,
- bilge,
- bill,
- bill of account,
- bill of lading,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- border,
- boss,
- bow,
- brand,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- button,
- cahot,
- charge,
- check,
- check of,
- chine,
- cloth,
- clump,
- condyle,
- convex,
- cost,
- coulisse,
- count of,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- damage,
- decor,
- designate,
- dowel,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- dun,
- eagle eye,
- ear,
- earmark,
- expenditure,
- expense,
- eye,
- figure,
- fire curtain,
- flag,
- flange,
- flap,
- flat,
- flipper,
- gall,
- gnarl,
- hallmark,
- handle,
- hanging,
- hill,
- hump,
- hunch,
- invoice,
- itemized bill,
- jog,
- joggle,
- knob,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- label,
- lappet,
- lip,
- loop,
- lump,
- manifest,
- mole,
- mountain,
- name,
- nevus,
- nominate,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- ordain,
- ordinate,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- price,
- price tag,
- queue,
- rag,
- rate,
- reckoning,
- rib,
- ridge,
- ring,
- scene,
- scenery,
- score,
- screen,
- scrutiny,
- seal,
- select,
- shoulder,
- side scene,
- spine,
- stage screw,
- stamp,
- statement,
- sticker,
- strap,
- stud,
- style,
- surveillance,
- tableau,
- tabs of,
- tag,
- tail,
- tailpiece,
- tally of,
- tariff,
- teaser,
- ticket,
- tormentor,
- track of,
- trail,
- trailer,
- train,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- wake,
- wale,
- wart,
- watch,
- welt,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut