tab stop (English, noun)
expansion: tab stop (plural tab stops)
Senses:
glosses: On a typewriter, any of the horizontal locations where the carriage movement is halted by mechanical gears.
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glosses: A horizontal column in a text document to which the cursor jumps when the Tab key is pressed, used for alignment.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: tab stops
tags: plural