label
[ ley-buhl ]
/ ˈleɪ bəl /
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noun
verb (used with object), la·beled, la·bel·ing or (especially British) la·belled, la·bel·ling.
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Origin of label
1275–1325; Middle English <Middle French: ribbon, perhaps <Germanic. See lap1
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British Dictionary definitions for label
label
/ (ˈleɪbəl) /
noun
verb -bels, -belling or -belled or US -bels, -beling or -beled (tr)
Derived forms of label
labeller, nounWord Origin for label
C14: from Old French, from Germanic; compare Old High German lappa rag
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Scientific definitions for label
label
[ lā′bəl ]
See tracer.
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