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TAB
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Irregular inflected forms: tabbed , tabbing
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tab" is a kind of...):
dosage; dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tab"):
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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it
Example:
the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tab" is a kind of...):
slip; strip (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
Synonyms:
tab; tab key
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tab" is a kind of...):
key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)
Holonyms ("tab" is a part of...):
typewriter keyboard (a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Sensationalist journalism
Synonyms:
tab; tabloid; yellow journalism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tab" is a kind of...):
journalism; news media (newspapers and magazines collectively)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The bill in a restaurant
Example:
he asked the waiter for the check
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tab" is a kind of...):
account; bill; invoice (an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered)
