|  tab 
  
 
 1. the bill in a restaurant
 - he asked the waiter for the check
 • Syn:
 check, chit
 • Hypernyms:
 bill, account, invoice
 2. sensationalist journalism
 • Syn:
 yellow journalism, tabloid
 • Hypernyms:
 journalism, news media
 3. the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
 • Syn:
 tab key
 • Hypernyms:
 key
 • Part Holonyms:
 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
 • Hypernyms:
 strip, slip
 5. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
 • Syn:
 pill, lozenge, tablet
 • Hypernyms:
 dose, dosage
 • Hyponyms:
 bolus, capsule, dragee, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet,
 sleeping capsule, sleeping draught
 
 
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