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lab¹

  • /læːb/

Rhymes with -æb

Where it comes from

Clipping of laboratory.

noun labs

  1. colloquial A laboratory. 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. colloquial Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result. I dropped my mixture while doing my lab, so I had to start over.
  3. A hands-on educational experience; a workshop.

verb labs · labbing · labbed

  1. slang To practise experimentally outside of competitive play.

lab²

  • /læːb/

Rhymes with -æb

Where it comes from

Clipping of Labrador retriever.

noun labs

  1. colloquial A Labrador retriever.

Lab³

Where it comes from

Abbreviation

noun Labs

  1. diminutive, informal Diminutive of Labrador, a breed of dog.

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation Abbreviation of Labour
  2. Canada, abbreviation, alternative Alternative form of Lab., Abbreviation of Labrador: a region of Canada.

Lab⁴

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. A river in Kosovo.
  2. A region of Kosovo.

Similar: Llap

LAB⁵

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Labour Party

noun LABs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Lyman-alpha blob;.

    Similar: LαB, LaB

  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of lactic acid bacterium
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of linear alkylbenzene

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation Abbreviation of Labour Party

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: laboratory, science lab, workshop, shop, staffed, company, scientific, science, darkroom, storeroom, trace, spp, experiment, iab, lib, sds

proper noun

Similar: Llap

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@misc{lab_2026,
  title = {lab},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lab},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}