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/læb/

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Translation

A room where scientists work and test things. It is the short word for laboratory.

Word origin

A shortened form of laboratory, which comes from Latin laborare, meaning to work.

Origin
Latin
Root
laborare
English cognates
laboratory, labour

Grammar

Gender
Plurallabs

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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This word is part of lesson 26.