Definition of
Tab
- (noun, artifact) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- (noun, artifact) a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it
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, artifact) the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
- (noun, communication) sensationalist journalism
- (noun, communication) the bill in a restaurant
via WordNet, Princeton University
Alternate forms of Tab
Hyponyms: bolus, capsule, dragee, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet
Hypernyms: account, bill, dosage, dose, invoice, journalism, key, news media, slip, strip
Origin of the word Tab
- "small flap," c.1600, possibly a dialectal word, of uncertain origin. Often interchangeable with tag (1). The verb meaning "to designate, label" is 1924, perhaps an alteration of tag (1). more
- "account, bill, check," 1889, Amer.Eng. colloquial, probably a shortened form of tabulation or of tablet in the sense of "a sheet for writing on." Fig. phrase to keep a tab on is recorded from 1890. more
- 1961, shortened form of tablet (esp. one of sugar containing LSD). As an abbreviation of tabloid (newspaper) it is 1990s slang. As a short form of tabulator key of a typewriter (later computer) it is recorded from 1916. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Tab
t.b., tabby, tabi, taboo, tabu, taffy, taif, taipeh, taipei, tap, tap-off, tapa, tape, taphephobia, tappa, taupe, tb, teddy boy, tee off, tee up, teeoff, teepee, teff, tepee, thb, thebe, theta wave, thief, thieve, thiotepa, tib, tibia, tidy up, tie up, tie-up, tied up, tiff, tip
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