lab

¹ American  

[lab] / læb /

noun

1. laboratory.

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Lab ² American  

[lab] / læb /

noun

1. Informal. Labrador retriever.

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LAB ³ American  

Or lab

abbreviation

Slang.

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

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lab. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. labor.

2. laboratory.

3. laborer.

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Lab. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Laborite.

2. Labrador.

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Lab. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. politics Labour

2. Labrador

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lab ² British  

/ læb /

noun

1. short for laboratory

2. short for Labrador retriever

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lab. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. laboratory

2. labour

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Etymology

Origin of lab¹

By shortening

Origin of Lab²

By shortening

Origin of LAB³

From its use in digital communications

Example Sentences

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

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

The lab focuses on the neurobiological basis of behavioral plasticity, including learning, memory, and addiction, as well as gene-by-environment interactions linked to Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

AI chips are the most precious commodity at any leading research lab, and at OpenAI, Sora was eating up far too many of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

My science teacher is wearing a lab coat with her name sewn on it.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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