tab

tab is a 3-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
2. noun. A tag. See Tag, 2.
3. noun. A loop for pulling or lifting something.
4. noun. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
5. noun. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
6. noun. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

   Synonyms: lozenge, pill, tablet

7. noun. 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"

8. noun. the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
9. noun. sensationalist journalism

   Synonyms: tabloid

10. noun. the bill in a restaurant

    "he asked the waiter for the check"

    Synonyms: check, chit

Synonyms

lozenge, pill, tablet, tabloid, check, chit

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tab:

abt, bat

Common word forms

tabs, taber, tabes, tabbed, tabber, tabbing

Words from these letters

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