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lab

1

[ lab ]

Lab

2

[ lab ]

noun

  1. Informal. Labrador retriever.

LAB

3
or lab

abbreviation for

, Slang.
  1. life’s a bitch (used to acknowledge, often dismissively, a difficult or unfair circumstance).

lab.

4

abbreviation for

  1. labor.
  2. laboratory.
  3. laborer.

Lab.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Laborite.
  2. Labrador.

lab

1

/ læb /

noun

  1. short for laboratory
  2. short for Labrador retriever
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


lab.

2

abbreviation for

  1. laboratory
  2. labour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Lab.

3

abbreviation for

  1. politics Labour
  2. Labrador
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lab1

By shortening

Origin of lab2

By shortening

Origin of lab3

From its use in digital communications
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Example Sentences

The lab opened the door to a patchwork of grants from around the world which allowed Lavie to begin auditioning actresses.

After his return to the United States, Gillespie took the discovery to the National Transportation Safety Board lab.

“The captain said there was a person on board who worked in a lab at Texas Health Presbyterian,” Lupher said.

Robust work in this area is coming from Jeffrey Gordon lab at Washington University in St. Louis.

Though a lab has also confirmed the presence of the virus, its role in her death is unclear.

The details for the application of the indicator are given in the instructions for laboratory practice, Lab.

I went up the stairs and down the hall to Callahan's lab, next to Dr. Marchare's.

Most of these were workmen of some kind or other, called in to help the lab crew as needed, but all of them were tight-lipped.

He discharged the accumulated energy in a single blue flare that filled the lab with thunder and ozone.

I have talked to him about the relation of conscience to lab-work, but I don't know if my talk all came out at the other ear.

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