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Label
ˈleɪbl
- a small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about it
"the alcohol content is clearly stated on the label"
- a piece of fabric sewn inside a garment and bearing the brand name, size, or instructions for care
"a garment with the label ‘Laura Ashley’"
- the piece of paper in the centre of a record giving the artist and title
- a company that produces recorded music
"independent labels"
- the name or trademark of a fashion company
"she plans to launch her own designer clothes label"
- a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive
"the label ‘salsa’ seems especially meaningless when applied to musicians like Tito Puente"
- (in a dictionary entry) a word or words used to specify the subject area, register, or geographical origin of the word being defined
"the italic part-of-speech label follows the pronunciation"
- a string of characters used to refer to a particular instruction in a program
- a radioactive isotope, fluorescent dye, or enzyme used to make something identifiable for study
"radioactive labels"
- a narrow horizontal strip, typically with three downward projections, that is superimposed on a coat of arms by an eldest son during the life of his father
- attach a label to (something)
"she labelled the parcels neatly, writing the addresses in capital letters"
- assign to a category, especially inaccurately or restrictively
"many pupils felt that they were labelled as failures"
- make (a substance, molecule, or cell) identifiable by replacing an atom with one of a distinctive radioactive isotope, or by attaching a fluorescent dye, enzyme, or other molecule
"insulin labelled with iodine-125 was used as a tracer"