label L₁A₁B₃E₁L₁

Noun 4 meanings

1. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

   “We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.”

2. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

   “Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".”

3. A company that sells records.

   “The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.”

4. A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.

   “Storage devices can be given by label or ID.”

Verb 4 meanings

1. To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

   “The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.”

2. To give (a label) to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

   “He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.”

3. To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.

4. To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro

Similar and opposite words

• REBEL₇
• ISABEL₈
• LIBEL₇
• BABEL₉
• JEZEBEL₂₅
• DECIBEL₁₂
• JEBEL₁₄
• BARBEL₁₀
• RUBEL₇
• CORBEL₁₀
• NEBEL₇
• UMBEL₉

• LIBEL₇
• BABEL₉
• LAPEL₇