label
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc.
a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: The following definition has the label “Architecture.”
Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, especially one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides.
a brand or trademark, especially of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.: She records under a new label.
the manufacturer using such a label: a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year.
Heraldry. a narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son.
Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything.
to affix a label to; mark with a label.
to designate or describe by or on a label: The bottle was labeled poison.
to put in a certain class; classify.
Also radiolabel. Chemistry. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable.
Origin of label
1Other words from label
- la·bel·er, noun
- non·la·bel·ing, adjective, noun
- non·la·bel·ling, adjective, noun
- pre·la·bel, noun, verb (used with object), pre·la·beled, pre·la·bel·ing or (especially British) pre·la·belled, pre·la·bel·ling.
- re·la·bel, verb (used with object), re·la·beled, re·la·bel·ing or (especially British) re·la·belled, re·la·bel·ling.
- un·la·beled, adjective
- un·la·belled, adjective
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How to use label in a sentence
Even his nametag played up his dweeby nature, labeling him “Mr. Gruber, PhD.”
Actually for Conte, who has a passionate aversion to labeling, that may be a bit too much categorization for his liking.
Viral Video Pioneers: How Pomplamoose is Turning YouTube Stardom Into a Sustainable Profession | Oliver Jones | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMcDonalds wanted universal nutritional restaurant menu labeling.
The idea behind the labeling of GMOs is simple, logical, and appealingly democratic.
In Europe, where fear of GMOs is much more widespread than in the United States, labeling is a common practice.
Jocular allusions were made to these incidents, and somebody suggested labeling the tin "Made in Germany."
Tommy Atkins at War | James Alexander KilpatrickIn each, baggage awaited porters who were even now busy in front cabins labeling it and carting it to an upper deck.
Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays | Annie Roe CarrA room with special molding machinery is required and tables for wrapping, labeling and boxing the product are necessary.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner FiskThey were then finishing the labeling of the papers for Paris circulation; 20,000 copies scarcely sufficing for the supply.
The professor, after adjusting his difficulties with the landlord, was sorting and labeling specimens in his room.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone | Richard Bonner
British Dictionary definitions for label
/ (ˈleɪbəl) /
a piece of paper, card, or other material attached to an object to identify it or give instructions or details concerning its ownership, use, nature, destination, etc; tag
a brief descriptive phrase or term given to a person, group, school of thought, etc: the label "Romantic" is applied to many different kinds of poetry
a word or phrase heading a piece of text to indicate or summarize its contents
a trademark or company or brand name on certain goods, esp, formerly, on gramophone records
another name for dripstone (def. 2)
heraldry a charge consisting of a horizontal line across the chief of a shield with three or more pendants: the charge of an eldest son
computing a group of characters, such as a number or a word, appended to a particular statement in a program to allow its unique identification
chem a radioactive element used in a compound to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
to fasten a label to
to mark with a label
to describe or classify in a word or phrase: to label someone a liar
to make (one or more atoms in a compound) radioactive, for use in determining the mechanism of a reaction
Origin of label
1Derived forms of label
- labeller, noun
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Scientific definitions for label
[ lā′bəl ]
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