laboratory
pronunciation
How to pronounce laboratory in British English:
UK [ləˈbɒrətri]
How to pronounce laboratory in American English:
US [ˈlæbrətɔːri]
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- Noun:
- a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
Word Origin
- laboratory (n.)
- c. 1600, "building set apart for scientific experiments," from Medieval Latin laboratorium "a place for labor or work," from Latin laboratus, past participle of laborare "to work" (see labor (n.)). Figurative use by 1660s.
Example
- 1. Brookhaven national laboratory fixed their particle accelerator with it .
- 2. And they left the laboratory .
- 3. A diligent lad worked at a laboratory .
- 4. Degummed silk in the laboratory .
- 5. Our laboratory is the entire universe .