All 5 Uses of
laboratory
in
Childhood's End
- You'll be able to see the lab in a minute.†
Chpt 11lab = a workplace where people do scientific or medical research, or produce drugs or chemicals (also used figuratively) OR (as an adjective) related to such a place
- S.2 calling Lab.†
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- Lab to S.2.†
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- Then came the "pressure equalized" signal, the batches unsealed, and the way into Deep Sea Lab One was open.†
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- Jan found Professor Sullivan in a small, untidy room that seemed to combine the attributes of office, workshop and laboratory.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(laboratory) a workplace where people do scientific or medical research, or produce drugs or chemicals
or (as an adjective): related to such a place -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, lab can be used as an abbreviated way of saying Labrador retriever. It is also a rare last name and may indicate someone's initials.