laboratory
Other forms: laboratories
A laboratory is a place where experiments happen, usually scientific experiments involving chemicals and lab coats, but there are creative and athletic laboratories too, where people experiment with writing and footballs.
When you think of a laboratory, you might see men and women wearing face masks pouring colorful liquids into test tubes, and you’d be correct. Any place that is a testing ground for new ideas is a laboratory, like a class full of people thinking up new ways to make paper airplanes. The Latin verb laborare means “to labor,” so remember that a laboratory is a place of hard work: you can’t spell laboratory without labor in it.
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a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
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synonyms:
lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory
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bio lab, biology lab, biology laboratory
a laboratory for biological research
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chem lab, chemistry lab, chemistry laboratory
a laboratory for research in chemistry
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defense laboratory
a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense
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physics lab, physics laboratory
a laboratory for research in physics
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a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
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synonyms:
testing ground
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a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
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region
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