Words / B2

LAB/læb/

A lab is a room for scientific tests and practicals (short for laboratory): the chemistry lab; lab book. Laboratory is the full formal twin (already in the dictionary). Write up the method from the lab, not from memory. Mix-up: a label is a sticker (already elsewhere). Do not call a computer room a lab unless science work happens there.

Meaning

A room for scientific work; short for laboratory.

Examples

• “The chemistry lab was closed after the fume-cupboard alarm.”
• “Keep the raw data in the lab book, which is the record sense.”

Good to know

in the lab; a lab book / coat / report. Full form: laboratory. Trap: label. Sciences and NEA practicals. The room, not a sticker.

Near in meaning

laboratory

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