tab \tab\, n. etymol. uncertain.
   1. the flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a
      buckle.
      1913 webster

   2. a tag. see tag, 2.
      1913 webster

   3. a loop for pulling or lifting something.
      1913 webster

   4. a border of lace or other material, worn on the inner
      front edge of ladies' bonnets.
      1913 webster

   5. a loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a
      series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
      1913 webster

   6. a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or
      similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation
      is written to permit convenient search for the folder,
      card, etc.
      pjc

   7. a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as,
      the salesman will pick up the tab.
      pjc

   8. a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances
      the carriage or curser to the next preset tab position;
      -- used especially to type or print text or numbers in
      columns.
      pjc
see also:
tag 

tab
     n 1: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the
          check" syn: check, chit
     2: sensationalist journalism syn: yellow journalism, tabloid
     3: the key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation
        syn: tab key
     4: 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"
     5: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet syn: pill,
         lozenge, tablet
     also: tabbing, tabbed
see also:
check chit yellow journalism tabloid tab key pill 
lozenge tablet tabbing tabbed 

158 moby thesaurus words for "tab":
   a reckoning of, account, account of, act drop, afterpart,
   afterpiece, amount, appoint, asbestos, asbestos board, assign,
   backdrop, batten, bilge, bill, bill of account, bill of lading,
   blain, bleb, blister, blob, border, boss, bow, brand, bubble, bulb,
   bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, charge, check,
   check of, chine, cloth, clump, condyle, convex, cost, coulisse,
   count of, counterweight, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, damage,
   decor, designate, dowel, drop, drop curtain, dun, eagle eye, ear,
   earmark, expenditure, expense, eye, figure, fire curtain, flag,
   flange, flap, flat, flipper, gall, gnarl, hallmark, handle,
   hanging, hill, hump, hunch, invoice, itemized bill, jog, joggle,
   knob, knot, knur, knurl, label, lappet, lip, loop, lump, manifest,
   mole, mountain, name, nevus, nominate, nub, nubbin, nubble, ordain,
   ordinate, papilloma, peg, price, price tag, queue, rag, rate,
   reckoning, rib, ridge, ring, scene, scenery, score, screen,
   scrutiny, seal, select, shoulder, side scene, spine, stage screw,
   stamp, statement, sticker, strap, stud, style, surveillance,
   tableau, tabs of, tag, tail, tailpiece, tally of, tariff, teaser,
   ticket, tormentor, track of, trail, trailer, train, transformation,
   transformation scene, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, wake,
   wale, wart, watch, welt, wing, wingcut, woodcut

tab
     
        ht
     
     
see also:
ht