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Entry 8 senses Webster, 1913

Tab

/tăb/ · IPA /tæb/
01 n. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
  1. 1.
    The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
  2. 2.
    A tag. See Tag, 2. See: Tag
  3. 3.
    A loop for pulling or lifting something.
  4. 4.
    A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
  5. 5.
    A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
  6. 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.
  7. 7.
    a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as, the salesman will pick up the tab.
  8. 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.