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Definition of lab noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lab

noun
 
 
/læb/
 
/læb/
(informal)
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  1. a laboratory
    • a computer/research lab
    • the school science labs
    • in a lab She'd been working in the lab all day.
    • a lab technician
    • a lab coat (= a white coat worn by scientists, etc. working in a laboratory)
    see also crime labTopics Buildingsa2, Scientific researcha2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLab is used before these nouns:
    • animal
    • bench
    • coat
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: abbreviation.
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