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lab

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of laboratory.

Noun

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lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A laboratory.
    • 1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:
      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.
    • 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23:
      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.
    • 2023 August 2, Ben Tinker, Meg Tirrell and Brenda Goodman, “New director named at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after Fauci’s retirement”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The NIAID supports projects at universities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAID labs across the country.
  2. (colloquial) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.
    I dropped my mixture while doing my lab, so I had to start over.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of Labrador retriever.

Noun

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lab (plural labs)

  1. (colloquial) A Labrador retriever.
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Albanian

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Etymology

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Noun

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lab m (labe, f.)

  1. southern Albanian (male)
    (male person from Labëri (“land of lab”), Labëria (“the land of lab”))
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  1. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, →ISBN, page 172, "...area, including Oaneum on a river Aratus, which controlled the route leading west to the kingdom of Gentius among the Labeates around Vlora (Valona) here is in real the Labeates not in Shkodra,this part these pieces of land are called again today Labëria (Labeati)."
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lab”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 208-9

Danish

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Etymology

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Cognate of Swedish labb (“paw”).

Noun

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lab c (singular definite labben, plural indefinite labber)

  1. paw

Inflection

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Declension of lab
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lab labben labber labberne
genitive labs labbens labbers labbernes

Verb

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lab

  1. imperative of labbe

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Clipping of laboratorium.

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Noun

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lab n (plural labs, diminutive labje n)

  1. (Netherlands) lab

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Lhao Vo

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lashi loeb and Burmese လှုပ် (hlup).

Verb

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lab

  1. to move; to stir.

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  • Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Narua

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Noun

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lab

  1. wing

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlab/ [ˈlaβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ab
  • Syllabification: lab

Noun

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lab m (plural labs)

  1. lab (laboratory)

Zhuang

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Etymology 1

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From Chinese 蠟 (MC lap, “wax; candle”).

Noun

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lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. candle

Etymology 2

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From Chinese 臘 (MC lap, “cured meat”).

Verb

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lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. to cure (meat) by drying or smoking

Adjective

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lab (Sawndip forms 曪 or 腊, 1957–1982 spelling lab)

  1. cured; dried; smoked

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