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lab

/læːb/

lab noun: a laboratory.

Noun (1)

lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A laboratory.
    • I was working in the lab late one night
      When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
      For my monster, from his slab, began to rise
      And suddenly, to my surprise
      He did the Mash
      He did the Monster Mash.1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers
    • A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23
  2. (colloquial) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.
    • I dropped my mixture while doing my lab, so I had to start over.
  3. A hands-on educational experience; a workshop.

Verb

lab (third-person singular simple present labs, present participle labbing, simple past and past participle labbed)

  1. (slang) To practise experimentally outside of competitive play.

Noun (2)

lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: LAB

LAB

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Labour Party.

Noun (3) capitalized: LAB

LAB (plural LABs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Lyman-alpha blob;.
    Synonyms:
    LαB
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lactic acid bacterium.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of linear alkylbenzene.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: LAB

LAB

  1. (UK, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Labour Party.

Noun (4) capitalized: Lab

Lab (plural Labs)

  1. (diminutive, informal) Diminutive of Labrador, a breed of dog.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Lab

Lab

  1. (UK, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Labour.
  2. (Canada, abbreviation, alternative) Alternative form of Lab., Abbreviation of Labrador: a region of Canada.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Lab

Lab

  1. A river in Kosovo.
  2. A region of Kosovo.

lab meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

lab in Hindi

लैब

lab in Urdu

لیب

lab in Bengali

ল্যাব, ল্যাবিং

lab in Telugu

ల్యాబ్, ల్యాబింగ్
More languagesFewer languages
lab in Malayalam
ലാബ്
lab in Kannada
ಲ್ಯಾಬ್, ಲ್ಯಾಬಿಂಗ್
lab in Punjabi
ਲੈਬ, ਲੈਬਿੰਗ
lab in Gujarati
લેબ
lab in Odia
ଲ୍ଯ଼ାବ, ଲ୍ଯ଼ାବ୍

Examples of lab in a sentence

  • The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
  • I'm headed to the lab to make sure my cell culture hasn't died.
  • The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.

All 40 example sentences with lab

Synonyms of lab

Forms of lab

Noun
plurallabs
pluralLABs
pluralLabs
Verb
third-person singular presentlabs
present participlelabbing
past participlelabbed
pastlabbed

Plural of lab: labs

Origin of lab

Clipping of laboratory.

Clipping of Labrador retriever.

Abbreviation

Words formed from lab

Phrases with lab

Words that rhyme with lab

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Questions about lab

What does lab mean?
Lab means a laboratory.
What is lab in Hindi?
Lab in Hindi is लैब. See Lab meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lab?
Lab can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lab?
Lab is pronounced /læːb/.
What is the plural of lab?
The plural of lab is labs.

Words near lab in the dictionary

  1. Laascaanood
  2. Laatsch
  3. Laatsches
  4. laavenite
  5. Laayoune
  6. lab
  7. lab assistant
  8. lab assistants
  9. lab coat
  10. lab coats
  11. lab dip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lab (page history and authors); LAB (page history and authors); Lab (page history and authors); lab (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lab (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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