tab

noun

1. the bill in a restaurant; “he asked the waiter for the check”

   Synonyms

   • check, chit

   Less specific

   • bill, account, invoice

2. sensationalist journalism

   Synonyms

   • yellow journalism, tabloid

   Less specific

   • journalism, news media

3. the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

   Synonyms

   • tab key

   Less specific

   • key

   Part of

   • typewriter keyboard

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”; “the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs”

   Less specific

   • strip, slip

5. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

   Synonyms

   • pill, lozenge, tablet

   Less specific

   • dose, dosage

   More specific

   • bolus, capsule, dragee, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught