tab

Noun

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

• 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
    

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

• sensationalist journalism

• the bill in a restaurant
  • he asked the waiter for the check
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pill , lozenge , tablet , tab key , yellow journalism , tabloid , check , chit