lab

¹

[ lab ]

noun

1. laboratory.

Lab

²

[ lab ]

noun

1. Informal. Labrador retriever.

LAB

³

or lab

abbreviation for

Slang.

1. life’s a bitch (used to acknowledge, often dismissively, a difficult or unfair circumstance).

lab.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. labor.
2. laboratory.
3. laborer.

Lab.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Laborite.
2. Labrador.

lab

¹

/ læb /

noun

1. short for laboratory
2. short for Labrador retriever

lab.

²

abbreviation for

1. laboratory
2. labour

Lab.

³

abbreviation for

1. politics Labour
2. Labrador

Word History and Origins

Origin of lab¹

By shortening

Origin of lab²

By shortening

Origin of lab³

From its use in digital communications

Example Sentences

The lead researcher, Prof Nikku Madhusudhan, told me at his lab at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy that he hopes to obtain the clinching evidence soon.

From BBC

The lab's findings will help scientists understand and treat mental health problems in the future, he adds.

From BBC

You point out in the book that you conducted over 200 lab tests while working on these recipes.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s an effort intended to cement the Geffen as a lab for artistic development and a platform for creative experimentation and development of new works.

From Los Angeles Times

This means that one cell can effectively tell another to start becoming a tooth cell, which mimics the environment of growing teeth and allows scientists to recreate the process of tooth development in the lab.

From BBC

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