lab
1 Americannoun
noun
abbreviation
abbreviation
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labor.
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laboratory.
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laborer.
abbreviation
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Laborite.
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Labrador.
abbreviation
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politics Labour
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Labrador
noun
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short for laboratory
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short for Labrador retriever
abbreviation
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laboratory
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labour
Etymology
Origin of lab1
By shortening
Origin of Lab2
By shortening
Origin of LAB3
From its use in digital communications
Example Sentences
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In the UK, in 2023, more than 50,000 patients had IVF cycles - where eggs are fertilised in a lab and the embryo is then placed in the woman's uterus.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Deavers now works with undergraduate students in her chemistry lab at Marian University to identify everyday sources of heavy metal exposure and share that information with the community.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google’s DeepMind AI lab, has been a rare outspoken voice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
So the team subjected the capsule to vibrations in the lab to ensure everything would still work after that kind of extreme shaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
At Swanson’s home lab in Hawaii, the volcanoes K.lauea and Mauna Loa were like blisters, rising as magma swelled inside and then deflating once the fluid was released in an eruption.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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