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labeller

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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.
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