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la⋅bel

[ley-buh

noun, verb, -beled, -bel⋅ing or (especially British

) -belled, -bel⋅ling.

–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)

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.
A descriptive term; an epithet.
A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company.
Architecture A molding over a door or window; a dripstone.
Heraldry A figure in a field consisting of a narrow horizontal bar with several pendants.
Chemistry See tracer.

tr.v. la·beled or la·belled, la·bel·ing or la·bel·ling, la·bels

To attach a label to.
To identify or designate with a label; describe or classify: labeled them Yuppies. See Synonyms at mark¹.
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.

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