lab

[ lab ]

/ læb /

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noun

laboratory.

Nearby words

la., laager, laaland, laari, laat lammetjie , lab, lab rat, lab., laban, laban dance notation system, labarum

Origin of lab

by shortening

Definition for lab (2 of 4)

Lab

[ lab ]

/ læb /

noun

Informal. Labrador retriever.

Origin of Lab

by shortening

Definition for lab (3 of 4)

lab.

labor.

laboratory.

laborer.

Definition for lab (4 of 4)

Lab.

Laborite.

Labrador.

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Though a lab has also confirmed the presence of the virus, its role in her death is unclear.
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Why are you bothering yourself to lend that book”—he indicated William Morris by a movement of the head—“to everyone in the lab.
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The detective took down all the pertinent data that Bending chose to give him, and then asked Bending to go with him to the lab.
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He watched critically as Scotty swung wide and banked into the approach over the lab building, then settled smoothly to the grass.
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Artie looked at the gadget, sitting and whistling on the floor of the lab, then turned a bleak-but-still-hopeful glance my way.
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Word of Jorden's persistence was spreading among the staff personnel of other sections of the lab.
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British Dictionary definitions for lab (1 of 3)

lab

/ (læb) /

noun informal

short for laboratory

short for Labrador retriever

British Dictionary definitions for lab (2 of 3)

lab.

abbreviation for

laboratory

labour

British Dictionary definitions for lab (3 of 3)

Lab.

abbreviation for

politics Labour

Labrador

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