label

[ ley-buh l ]

/ ˈleɪ bəl /

noun

a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.

a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc.

a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: The following definition has the label “Archit.”

Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, especially one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides.

a brand or trademark, especially of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.: She records under a new label.

the manufacturer using such a label: a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year.

Heraldry. a narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son.

Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything.

verb (used with object), la·beled, la·bel·ing or (especially British) la·belled, la·bel·ling.

to affix a label to; mark with a label.

to designate or describe by or on a label: The bottle was labeled poison.

to put in a certain class; classify.

Also radiolabel. Chemistry. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable.

Origin of label

1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French: ribbon, perhaps < Germanic. See lap¹

OTHER WORDS FROM label

la·bel·er, noun non·la·bel·ing, adjective, noun non·la·bel·ling, adjective, noun pre·la·bel, noun, verb (used with object), pre·la·beled, pre·la·bel·ing or (especially British) pre·la·belled, pre·la·bel·ling.

re·la·bel, verb (used with object), re·la·beled, re·la·bel·ing or (especially British) re·la·belled, re·la·bel·ling. un·la·beled, adjective un·la·belled, adjective

Words nearby label

laban dance notation system, labarum, labdanum, labe, labefaction, label, labeled bracketing, labellist, labellum, labetalol, labetalol hydrochloride

Example sentences from the Web for labeling

Even his nametag played up his dweeby nature, labeling him “Mr. Gruber, PhD.”

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Actually for Conte, who has a passionate aversion to labeling, that may be a bit too much categorization for his liking.

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The idea behind the labeling of GMOs is simple, logical, and appealingly democratic.

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In Europe, where fear of GMOs is much more widespread than in the United States, labeling is a common practice.

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The media, forever starved for lazy shorthand, have gone along with the labeling too.

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In addition Marie, skilful too of touch, was put in the labeling department.

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Why have we such a rage for labeling and cataloguing the beautiful things of Nature?

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Sample book covers, labeling, tissue paper novelties and decorations (seasonal and year round work, good wages).

The Making of a Trade School |Mary Schenck Woolman
Westby had completed his geometrical figures and was now engaged in labeling them with letters.

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A room with special molding machinery is required and tables for wrapping, labeling and boxing the product are necessary.

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British Dictionary definitions for labeling

label

/ (ˈleɪbəl) /

noun

a piece of paper, card, or other material attached to an object to identify it or give instructions or details concerning its ownership, use, nature, destination, etc; tag

a brief descriptive phrase or term given to a person, group, school of thought, etc the label "Romantic" is applied to many different kinds of poetry

a word or phrase heading a piece of text to indicate or summarize its contents

a trademark or company or brand name on certain goods, esp, formerly, on gramophone records

another name for dripstone (def. 2)

heraldry a charge consisting of a horizontal line across the chief of a shield with three or more pendants: the charge of an eldest son

computing a group of characters, such as a number or a word, appended to a particular statement in a program to allow its unique identification

chem a radioactive element used in a compound to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

verb -bels, -belling or -belled or US -bels, -beling or -beled (tr)

to fasten a label to

to mark with a label

to describe or classify in a word or phrase to label someone a liar

to make (one or more atoms in a compound) radioactive, for use in determining the mechanism of a reaction

Derived forms of label

labeller, noun

Word Origin for label

C14: from Old French, from Germanic; compare Old High German lappa rag

Scientific definitions for labeling

label

[ lā′bəl ]

See tracer.

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verb (used with object), la·beled, la·bel·ing or (especially British) la·belled, la·bel·ling.

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noun

verb -bels, -belling or -belled or US -bels, -beling or -beled (tr)

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