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laboratory
| laboratory bench
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laboratory
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun laboratory has 2 senses
- laboratory(n = noun.artifact) lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory - a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; Array has particulars: bio lab, biology lab, biology laboratory, chem lab, chemistry lab, chemistry laboratory, defense laboratory, physics lab, physics laboratory
- laboratory(n = noun.location) testing ground - a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism" is a kind of region
has parts: lab bench, laboratory bench
is a kind of work, workplace
CIDE DICTIONARY
laboratory, n. [Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.].
- The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile. [1913 Webster]
- Any place, activity or situation suggestive of a scientific laboratory{1}, especially in being conducive to learning new facts by experimentation or by systematic observation; as, the states serve as laboratories where different new policies may be tested prior to adoption throughout the country. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
laboratory, n. (pl. -ies) a room or building fitted out for scientific experiments, research, teaching, or the manufacture of drugs and chemicals.
Etymology
med.L laboratorium f. L laborare LABOUR
THESAURUS
laboratory
X ray, blood bank, charity ward, clinic, consultation room, delivery room, dispensary, emergency, examining room, fever ward, hospital room, intensive care, isolation, lab, labor room, maternity ward, nursery, operating room, pharmacy, prison ward, private room, proving ground, recovery room, research establishment, research installation, research laboratory, semi-private room, surgery, therapy, think tank, treatment room, wardROGET THESAURUS
laboratory
Workshop
N workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business, manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory, cabinet, studio, office, branch office bureau, atelier, hive, hive of industry, nursery, hothouse, hotbed, kitchen, mint, forge, loom, dock, dockyard, alveary, armory, laboratory, lab, research institute, refinery, cannery, power plant, beauty parlor, beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf, foundry, foundery, furnace, vineyard, crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix, at work, at the office, at the shop, working.
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