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Lab

//læb// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Labour. UK, abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    A river in Kosovo.
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Labour Party. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of Labour Party. UK, abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    Alternative form of Lab., Abbreviation of Labrador: a region of Canada. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, alternative
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  1. 6
    A region of Kosovo.
Noun
  1. 1
    A laboratory. colloquial

    "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."

  2. 2
    A Labrador retriever. colloquial
  3. 3
    Diminutive of Labrador, a breed of dog. diminutive, form-of, informal
  4. 4
    Initialism of Lyman-alpha blob;. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research wordnet
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  1. 6
    Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result. colloquial

    "I dropped my mixture while doing my lab, so I had to start over."

  2. 7
    Initialism of lactic acid bacterium. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Abbreviation of linear alkylbenzene. abbreviation, alt-of

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of laboratory, from labor + -ate + -ory.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Labrador retriever.

Etymology 3

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Etymology 5

From Serbo-Croatian Lab, from Лаб, from Thracian Alb.

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