Label
['leɪb(ə)l] or ['lebl]
Definition
(noun.) trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; 'the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent'.
(noun.) a brief description given for purposes of identification; 'the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture'.
(noun.) an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object.
(noun.) a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction.
(verb.) distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions.
(verb.) distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom.
(verb.) assign a label to; designate with a label; 'These students were labelled `learning disabled''.
Typed by Brandon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A tassel.
(n.) A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
(n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
(n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
(n.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
(n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
(n.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration.
(n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
(v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
(v. t.) To affix in or on a label.
Typist: Shirley
Definition
n. a small slip of writing affixed to anything to denote its contents ownership &c.: (law) a paper annexed to a will as a codicil: (her.) a fillet with pendants: (archit.) the dripstone over a Gothic window or doorway arch.—v.t. to affix a label to: to describe by or on a label:—pr.p. lā′belling; pa.t. and pa.p. lā′belled.
Inputed by Jarvis
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a label, foretells you will let an enemy see the inside of your private affairs, and will suffer from the negligence.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- Shows it to his wife--she reads the label; it goes down to the servants- -_they_ read the label. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Some of our best-intentioned political schemes, like reform colonies and scientific jails, turn out to be inhuman tyrannies just because our imagination does not penetrate the sociological label. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The pure food agitation is largely an effort to make the label and the contents tell the same story. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Put each in a bottle after it has been dried, and label the bottle with the process, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I offer you the box and the label to take care of, but I'll take care of the paper. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Label poison, and place all such compounds out of the reach of children. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Sir Joshua was labelled and placed forever in her mind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Around the room, on shelves, are hundreds of bottles each containing a small quantity of nickel hydrate made in as many different ways, each labelled correspondingly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was a little tottering bench of shabby old volumes outside the door, labelled Law Books, all at 9d. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- ON VIEW,” and meet the lady, similarly labelled? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Everything may be labelled--but everybody is not. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- These were arranged carefully on shelves and all labelled Poison, so that no one else would handle or disturb them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If you mean libel, I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle, advised Jo, laughing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At the end he said with quiet satisfaction, _That_ is right; and then bent to look at Mary's labels and praise her handwriting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I went into a room at the far end of the hall and looked at the labels on bottles in a glass case. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now that a reliable formula is at hand a quantity of this Wonder Liniment can be prepared at a minimum cost without paying for bottles, labels, advertising, salaries, rents, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Our beautifully colored chromos, prints, labels, maps, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The oranges continue along these rollers until the space between the rollers has widened to the point where each particular size drops into a labeled bin. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And so much harm has been done by food preservatives that the pure food laws require that cans and bottles contain a labeled statement of the kind and quantity of chemicals used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We noticed that in the jewelry stores they had some of the articles marked gold and some labeled imitation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Rowland