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laboratory

/ləˈbɒɹət(ə)ɹi/ UK
/ləˈbɔɹətɹe/ Scotland
/-tɹɪ/ Scotland
/-tɹi/ Scotland
/ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/ US
/ˈlæbɹəˌtɔɹi/ Canada
/ləˈbɔɹəˌtɔɹi/ Canada
/ləˈbɔɹətɹi/ Canada
/ləˈbɔɹətɹiː/ New Zealand
/ˈlɛbɹəˌtoːɹiː/ New Zealand
/laboɾaˈtoɾi/ Philippines
[lɐ.bo.ɾɐˈt̪oː.ɾɪ] Philippines
/ˈlabɾatoɾi/ Philippines
[ˌlab.ɾɐ.t̪oˈɾɪ] Philippines

noun laboratories

A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured. Again she read the passage that had riveted her attention; and, rising from her seat, carried the still open volume, and laid it on a slab by the furnace in the laboratory: it was a celebrated treatise on poisons, written in the fifteenth century.

Similar: lab, laboratorium

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lab, science lab, laboratorium, workshop, classroom, printing, analysis, containment, experiment, storeroom, darkroom, test, detection, experimentation, experimental, nrc

noun

Similar: lab, laboratorium

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noun room, building or institution equipped for scientific research

Español	laboratorio
한국어	실험실 silheomsil, 랩 raep
日本語	研究室 kenkyūshitsu, 実験室 jikkenshitsu, ラボ rabo
中文	實驗室 /实验室 shíyànshì
हिन्दी	प्रयोगशाला prayogśālā
Kiswahili	maabara
Português	laboratório
Français	laboratoire
Deutsch	Labor, Laboratorium, Laborgebäude
Italiano	laboratorio
Ελληνικά	εργαστήριο ergastírio
Română	laborator
Русский	лаборато́рия laboratórija
Tiếng Việt	phòng thí nghiệm
العربية	مَعْمَل maʕmal, مُخْتَبَر muḵtabar
עברית	מַעֲבָּדָה ma'abadá

noun place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured

Español	laboratorio
한국어	연구실 yeon'gusil
日本語	研究所 kenkyūjo, ラボラトリー raboratorī
中文	研究室 yánjiūshì
हिन्दी	प्रयोगशाला prayogśālā
Português	laboratório
Français	laboratoire
Deutsch	Labor, Laboratorium, Laborgebäude
Italiano	laboratorio
Ελληνικά	εργαστήριο ergastírio
Română	laborator
Русский	лаборато́рия laboratórija
Tiếng Việt	phòng thí nghiệm
العربية	مُخْتَبَر muḵtabar, مَعْمَل maʕmal
עברית	מַעְבָּדָה ma'badá

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@misc{laboratory_2026,
  title = {laboratory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laboratory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}