Meaning
A room where scientists work and test things. It is the short word for laboratory.
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Word origin
A shortened form of laboratory, which comes from Latin laborare, meaning to work.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- laborare
- English cognates
- laboratory, labour
Grammar
Examples
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"Lab" is the short, everyday form of "laboratory".
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Hospitals have labs for checking blood and other tests.
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Here the lab is a place.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 12: lab, pocket, aw and 5 more words.