Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tab stop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: tab stop
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

On a typewriter, any of the horizontal locations where the carriage movement is halted by mechanical gears.

noun

A horizontal column in a text document to which the cursor jumps when the Tab key is pressed, used for alignment.

Inflected Forms

tab stops (plural) tabstop (alternative)

Questions

What does tab stop mean?: On a typewriter, any of the horizontal locations where the carriage movement is halted by mechanical gears.

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