Tâb definition

(1) A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

(2) 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"

(3) The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

(4) Sensationalist journalism

(5) The bill in a restaurant

"He asked the waiter for the check"