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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: tab

1
 n
a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it
2
 n
the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
3
 n
the bill in a restaurant
4
 n
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
5
 n
sensationalist journalism
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: tab
1

n 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”
Type of:
slip, strip
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
2

n the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

Synonyms:
tab key
Type of:
key
a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
3

n the bill in a restaurant

Synonyms:
check, chit
Type of:
account, bill, invoice
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
4

n a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Synonyms:
lozenge, pill, tablet
Types:
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bolus
a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
capsule
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
dragee
pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy
sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet
a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
Type of:
dosage, dose
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
5

n sensationalist journalism

Synonyms:
tabloid, yellow journalism
Type of:
journalism, news media
newspapers and magazines collectively
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