Definitions for label

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label la·bel

Spelling: [ley-buh l]

IPA: /ˈleɪ bəl/

Label is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in label (abell).

Definitions for label

noun

1. a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
2. a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc.
3. a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: .
4. Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, especially one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides.
5. a brand or trademark, especially of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.:
6. the manufacturer using such a label:
7. Heraldry. a narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son.
8. Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything.

verb (used with object)

1. to affix a label to; mark with a label.
2. to designate or describe by or on a label:
3. to put in a certain class; classify.
4. Also, radiolabel. Chemistry. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable.

Origin of label

1275-1325; Middle English Middle French: ribbon, perhaps Germanic. See lap¹

Examples for label

Except for the label, the "Finest Columbia Salmon" was ready for the market.

And the media, meanwhile, has referred to her as every label under the sun, from “a man” to “transsexual.”

The hashtag has been used to label general rants about people getting naked for attention.

One label I saw in a New York magazine headline was, “A Pop Star Even a Mother Could Love.”

The genuine source of consternation, however, was her label Interscope.

Did you notice you could read every letter in the label on that ham?

So what I always tell the kids is to be careful about signing to a label and always protect your copyright.

Then label the cans, so that no mistake will be made as to their contents.

Down on your knees and tear off the label from the wrong side of another carpet!

"I wonder if you have noticed something," she said, eyes on the label.