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
The logic of calorie labelling is impeccable: if people have more information, they can make better decisions.
Bloomberg to Cigarette Vendors: Out of Sight, Out of Mind | Megan McArdle | March 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne cannot deny that by labelling products, it creates an obvious next step that people then choose not to buy the goods at all.
I have a mild grievance against that talented lady, Miss Marjorie Bowen, for labelling her latest novel "a romantic fantasy."
I was only labelling and pigeon-holing a thought; it is to be laid away to moulder with the dust of ages.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterNo one can play the man of business like me, when I please, to the very filing and labelling of my letters.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter Scott
What use in our inveighing against a vice if the people insist on labelling it a virtue?
The Young Priest's Keepsake | Michael PhelanStrips of adhesive paper, about a inch and a inches wide, to put round objects for labelling.
How to Observe in Archaeology | Various
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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