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laboratory

[ lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-; British luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree ]

noun

plural laboratories.
  1. a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
  2. any place, situation, set of conditions, or the like, conducive to experimentation, investigation, observation, etc.; anything suggestive of a scientific laboratory.


adjective

  1. serving a function in a laboratory.
  2. relating to techniques of work in a laboratory:

    laboratory methods; laboratory research.

laboratory

/ -trɪ; ləˈbɒrətərɪ; ˈlæbrəˌtɔːrɪ /

noun

    1. a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science
    2. ( as modifier )

      laboratory equipment

  1. a place where chemicals or medicines are manufactured
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • o··ٴ۾· adjective
  • o··ٴ۾··ly adverb
  • o··ٴ۾· noun
  • t·o··ٴr adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laboratory1

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin ōōܳ workshop, equivalent to Latin ō ( re ) to labor + -ōܳ -tory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laboratory1

C17: from Medieval Latin ōōܳ workshop, from Latin ōre to labour
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Example Sentences

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The government has been considering options for its high-containment laboratories and whether building a new one is still viable.

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I then moved back to Cambridge to do a PhD in kidney cancer and was spending hours in laboratories doing research.

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The WHO says the emergency room, laboratory, X-ray machines and pharmacy were destroyed.

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He's been exposing marine creatures to low-carbon water under laboratory conditions.

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A much more definitive discovery would be to discover life in our own solar system using robotic space craft containing portable laboratories.

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