Laboratory Definition

lăbrə-tôrē
laboratories
noun
laboratories
A room, building, etc. for scientific experimentation or research.
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A place for preparing chemicals, drugs, etc.
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A place where theories, techniques, and methods, as in education or social studies, are tested, analyzed, demonstrated, etc.
Webster's New World
A class period during which students perform experiments or work in a laboratory.
Webster's New World
A room, often containing special equipment and materials, in which students work to enhance skills, remedy deficiencies, etc. in a particular subject, as a foreign language.
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Synonyms:
  • testing ground
  • science laboratory
  • science lab
  • research lab
  • research-laboratory
  • lab
  • kitchen
  • workroom
  • research facility
  • testing room
  • research room
  • experiment room
  • experiment laboratory
  • proving-ground
adjective
Of or performed in, or as in, a laboratory.
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Other Word Forms of Laboratory

Noun

Singular:
laboratory
Plural:
laboratories

Origin of Laboratory

  • Medieval Latin labōrātōrium from Latin labōrāre to labor from labor labor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin laboratorium

    From Wiktionary

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