Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tabbed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: tabbed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a tab (protruding strip of material).

adj

Having tabs (the user interface element).

verb

simple past and past participle of tab

Example Sentences

"Letter up a tabbed folder for each different catalog you intend to issue. As you collect matter for this catalog, put it in the one place — the folder devoted to that catalog."
"A tabbed browser can display a different webpage on each tab."
"If you're a stranger to tabbed browsing, you're probably trapped in a somewhat old-fashioned Web surfing pattern. Perhaps you click on an interesting link, wait for that link to load, then press the Back button when you've finished reading that new page."

Etymology

From tab + -ed.

Derived Forms

multitabbed nontabbed untabbed

Questions

What does tabbed mean?: Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
Where does tabbed come from?: From tab + -ed.

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