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la⋅bel

  [ley-buhl] noun, verb, -beled, -bel⋅ing or (especially British) -belled, -bel⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
2. a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc.
3. a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: The following definition has the label “Archit.”
4. Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, esp. one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides.
5. a brand or trademark, esp. of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.: She records under a new label.
6. the manufacturer using such a label: a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year.
7. 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.
8. Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything.
–verb (used with object)
9. to affix a label to; mark with a label.
10. to designate or describe by or on a label: The bottle was labeled poison.
11. to put in a certain class; classify.
12. Also, radiolabel. Chemistry. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MF: ribbon, perh. < Gmc. See lap 1

Related forms:
la⋅bel⋅er, noun
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la·bel   (lā'bəl)   
n.  
  1. An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination.
  2. A descriptive term; an epithet.
  3. A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company.
  4. Architecture A molding over a door or window; a dripstone.
  5. Heraldry A figure in a field consisting of a narrow horizontal bar with several pendants.
  6. Chemistry See tracer.
tr.v.   la·beled or la·belled, la·bel·ing or la·bel·ling, la·bels
  1. To attach a label to.
  2. To identify or designate with a label; describe or classify: labeled them Yuppies. See Synonyms at mark1.
  3. Chemistry To add a tracer to (a compound).

[Middle English, ornamental strip of cloth, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.]
la'bel·er, la'bel·ler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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