a sticky label with a picture or message on it, that you stick onto something bumper stickers (= on cars) a sticker album (= to collect stickers in) Thesauruslabel
- tag
- sticker
- label a small piece of paper, fabric, or plastic that is attached to something in order to show what it is or give information about it:The washing instructions are on the label. address labels He'll only wear clothes with a designer label.
- tag (often used in compounds) a small piece of paper, fabric, or plastic that is attached to something, or that someone wears, in order to give information about it/them:Everyone at the conference had to wear a name tag.
- Labels in clothes are often made of fabric and sewn in. Tags on clothes are usually made of cardboard and cut off before you wear the clothes. Aname tag can be stuck or tied onto someone to show who they are:All babies in the hospital have name tags wrapped around their ankles.
- Price tag is much more frequent than price label and is used for both literal and figurative meanings:What does the price tag say? There is a $20 million price tag on the team's star player.A label can also be a sticker that you put on an envelope.
- sticker a sticky label with a picture or message on it, that you stick on to something.
- a price tag/sticker
- to have a label/tag/sticker
- to attach/put on/stick on a label/tag/sticker
- The label/tag/sticker says…
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