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noun
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a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
3.
a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: The following definition has the label “Archit.”
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Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, especially one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides.
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EXPANDa brand or trademark, especially of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.: She records under a new label.
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the manufacturer using such a label: a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year.
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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.
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COLLAPSEObsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything.
verb (used with object)
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to affix a label to; mark with a label.
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to designate or describe by or on a label: The bottle was labeled poison.
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to put in a certain class; classify.
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Also, radiolabel. Chemistry. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable.
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is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Related forms
la·bel·er, noun
non·la·bel·ing, adjective, noun
non·la·bel·ling, adjective, noun
pre·la·bel, noun, verb (used with object), -beled, -bel·ing or (especially British) -belled, -bel·ling.
re·la·bel, verb (used with object), -beled, -bel·ing or (especially British) -belled, -bel·ling.
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Word Origin & History
label
early 14c., "narrow band or strip of cloth," from O.Fr. label, lambel "ribbon, fringe" (Fr. lambeau "strip, rag, shred, tatter"), possibly from Frankish *labba (cf. O.H.G. lappa "flap"), from P.Gmc. *lapp- (see lap (n.)). Sense of "strip attached to a document to hold a seal"
EXPANDevolved in M.E. (late 14c.), and general meaning of "tag, sticker, slip of paper" is from 1670s. Meaning "circular piece of paper in the center of a gramophone record" (1907), containing information about the recorded music, led to meaning "a recording company" (1952). The verb meaning "to affix a label to" is from c.1600; figurative sense of "to categorize" is from 1853. Related: Labeled; labeling; labelled; labelling.
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label  (lā'bəl) Pronunciation Key
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