Definition of "tab" []

• A projection, flap, or short strip attached to an object to facilitate opening, handling, or identification. (noun)
• A small, usually decorative flap or tongue on a garment. (noun)
• A small auxiliary airfoil that is attached to a larger one and that helps stabilize an aircraft. (noun)
• A pull-tab. (noun)
• To supply with a tab or tabs. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "There is also now an option to add a customized favicon to a user's site, which is an icon that sits in the title tab of a website when it is viewed inside a browser."
• "So having the insurance pick up part of the tab is a big deal."
• "There was cracks that were present in the welds, what we call the tab welds, of the bridge since the day it was built."