LAB

lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory

(noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

lab (plural labs)

(colloquial) A laboratory.

(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.

Etymology 2

Noun

lab (plural labs)

(colloquial) A Labrador retriever.

Etymology 3

Noun

lab (plural labs)

(obsolete) A telltale; a blabber.

Anagrams

• Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Noun

Lab (plural Labs)

(informal) Diminutive of Labrador (a breed of dog)

Proper noun

Lab

(UK politics) Abbreviation of Labour.

(Canada) Alternative form of Lab. Abbreviation of Labrador. (a region of Canada)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Lab (plural er-noun)

A river in Kosovo

A region of Kosovo

Synonyms

• Llap

Anagrams

• Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb

Proper noun

LAB (plural er-noun)

(politics) Abbreviation of Labour Party.

Noun

LAB (plural LABs)

(astronomy, galaxy) Initialism of Lyman-alpha blob; also LαB or LaB.

(microbiology, biochemistry) Initialism of lactic acid bacterium.

Anagrams

• Alb., BAL, BLA, abl., alb

Source: Wiktionary


Lab, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OD. labben to babble.]

Definition: To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lab, n.

Definition: A telltale; a prater; a blabber. [Obs.] "I am no lab." Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET



Word of the Day

17 November 2024

MONASTICISM

(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

coffee icon