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tabs

tabs is the plural of tab.

tabs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tab.

Meaning of tab

Noun (1)

tab (plural tabs)

  1. A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
    • insert tab A into slot B
    Antonyms:
    slot
  2. (slang) An ear.
  3. (broadly) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
  4. (broadly) The page or form (for example, on a web browser or file manager) associated with such a navigational widget.
    • How many tabs are open on your browser right now?
  5. (British-Army, slang) A fast march or run with full kit.

Noun (2)

tab (plural tabs)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) A restaurant bill.
    • to pick up the tab

See all 18 meanings of tab

Noun capitalized: Tabs

Tabs

  1. (plural) plural of Tab

Phrases with tabs

Questions about tabs

What is tabs the plural of?
Tabs is the plural of tab.
What part of speech is tabs?
Tabs is a noun.

Words near tabs in the dictionary

  1. Tabriz
  2. Tabrizi
  3. Tabrizis
  4. Tabron
  5. Tabrons
  6. tabs
  7. tabs out
  8. tabstop
  9. tabstops
  10. tabsule
  11. tabsules

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tabs (page history and authors); Tabs (page history and authors); tab (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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