tab

tab ¹  (tb)

n.

1. A projection, flap, or short strip attached to an object to facilitate opening, handling, or identification.

2. A small, usually decorative flap or tongue on a garment.

3. A small auxiliary airfoil that is attached to a larger one and that helps stabilize an aircraft.

4. A pull-tab.

tr.v. tabbed, tab·bing, tabs

To supply with a tab or tabs.

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tab ¹

Noun

1. a small flap of material, esp. one on a garment for decoration or for fastening to a button

2. any similar flap, such as a piece of paper attached to a file for identification

3. Chiefly US & Canad a bill, esp. for a meal or drinks

4. keep tabs on Informal to keep a watchful eye on [origin unknown]

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tab ²

Noun

short for tabulator

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TAB (in New Zealand) Totalisator Agency Board

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tab - the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" chit, check invoice, bill, account - an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"
	2.	tab - sensationalist journalism tabloid, yellow journalism journalism, news media - newspapers and magazines collectively
	3.	tab - the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation tab key key - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed typewriter keyboard - a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed
	4.	tab - 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" strip, slip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
	5.	tab - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet lozenge, pill, tablet bolus - a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine capsule - a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside dose, dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time 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)

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tab

noun flap, tag, label, ticket, flag, marker, sticker

Translations

tab [tæb] n abbr = tabulator

n → lengüeta (= label); etiqueta;

to keep tabs on (fig) → vigilar

tab [tæb] n abbr = tabulator

n (= loop on coat etc) → attache f (= label); étiquette f;

(on drinks can etc) → languette f;

to keep tabs on (fig) → surveiller

tab [tæb] n (on drinks can) → Ring m;

(on garment) → Etikett nt;

to keep tabs on sb/sth (fig) → jdn/etw im Auge behalten

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tab [tæb] n abbr = tabulator

n (on drinks can) → Ring m;

(on garment) → Etikett nt;

to keep tabs on sb/sth (fig) → jdn/etw im Auge behalten

tab [tæb] n abbr = tabulator

n (= loop) (on coat etc) → laccetto (= label); etichetta = to keep tabs on;

(fig) → tenere d'occhio

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tab

n tab [tӕb]

1 a small flat piece of some material attached to, or part of, something larger, which stands up so that it can be seen, held, pulled etc You open the packet by pulling the tab.oortjieلِسان، أُذْنетикетjazýček, ouškoring; tapder Streifenλωρίδα στην άκρη αντικειμένουlengüeta; anilla (de lata)lapakasزبانه؛ قلابsuikalepatte, languetteתָּווִיתटैबuho, jezičakfülcarikantunga, flipietichetta, linguettaつまみ고리; 라벨galiukasgaliņš; astītehujung bungkusan yg terjulur yg boleh ditarik utk membuka bungkusan tersebutflapflik, klaffjęzyczek, końcówkatirainel (de capac)висящий кончикuško, rúčkazavihek, jezičekjezičakflikแถบuç提扣петелька; вушкоتکمہ، بندvạt; miếng (dính vào vật gì để cầm)提扣

2 a strip of material attached to a piece of clothing by which it can be hung up Hang your jacket up by the tab.lusعُرْوَهзакачалкаpoutkostropder Aufhängerμικρή θηλιά στο εσωτερικό ρούχωνlengüetatrippزبانه لباس؛ بندripustuslenkkiattacheלוּלָאָהटैबpetlja, vrpca (kod košulja, odijela)akasztógantunganlykkja, hankietichettaつまみひも(옷 등을 거는) 고리끈kilpelė, pakabacilpiņa; pakaramaisgelung penyangkutlushempewieszakalçagaică, agăţătoareпетелька, вешалкаpútkozankakomad materijala za kačenje odećehängareป้ายaskılık衣服掛環вішалкаپھانساvạt áo衣服挂环

3 a piece of material with a person's name or some other mark on it, attached to a piece of clothing so that its owner can be identified. merkerبِطاقَهетикетznačka, proužekskilt; mærkatdas Schildchenετικέταetiquetalipikبرچسبnimilappuétiquette, marqueתָּגकपड़े पर टंका कोई टुकड़ा जिससे मालिक की पहचान हो सकेetiketa (na odjeći)címkeetiketmerkimiðietichetta名札명찰; 짐표žymeklis, antsiuvasuzlīme; uzšuve (ar īpašnieka vārdu)labeletiketjemerkelapp, etikettnaszywkaetiquetaeti­chetăнашивка, меткаznačka, prúžoketiketanalepnica s imenommärke, etikettฉลากetiket掛條;[]標簽нашивкаشناخت کي علامتthẻ挂条