Definitions for laboratory

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laboratory lab·o·ra·to·ry

Spelling: [lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-;

IPA: /ˈlæb rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈlæb ər ə-; British ləˈbɒr ə tə ri, -ə tri/

Laboratory is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 288 anagrams from letters in laboratory (aabloorrty).

Definitions for laboratory

noun

1. a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
2. any place, situation, set of conditions, or the like, conducive to experimentation, investigation, observation, etc.; anything suggestive of a scientific laboratory.

adjective

1. serving a function in a laboratory.
2. relating to techniques of work in a laboratory:

Origin of laboratory

1595-1605; Medieval Latin labōrātōrium workshop, equivalent to Latin labōrā(re) to labor + -tōrium -tory²

Examples for laboratory

“I have investigated the laboratory procedure and I noted several sources for potential errors,” the letter by Mosoka reports.

For a long time it was his studio and kitchen, his laboratory and bedroom.

The powerful technology required is slow, complicated, and requires both a laboratory and equipment.

The technician on the other end is probably in a laboratory a thousand miles away.

Afterwards he obtained a post in the laboratory of a manufactory of dyes.

Oh, but you should see it, so clean and bright; the laboratory's simply beautiful!

Perhaps most importantly, previous psychological studies of moral responses relied on observations in laboratory settings.

Not in the laboratory, of course; that is hardly fitting now.

This post granted him unrestricted access to government medical and laboratory supplies.

It happened yesterday in the laboratory; we were alone together.