tab
A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
Noun 4 meanings
A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
“insert tab A into slot B”
A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
The page or form (for example, on a web browser or file manager) associated with such a navigational widget.
“How many tabs are open on your browser right now?”
A restaurant bill.
“to pick up the tab”
Verb 2 meanings
To affix with tabs; to label.
To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
Etymology
First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.
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TAB at a glance
TAB has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (T 1 + A 1 + B 3) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,504 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with tab
All rhymes- STAB6
- BACKSTAB18
- TRIMTAB11
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