Definitions of Label [ˈleɪ bəl]

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Definition of 'Label'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) label
an inscribed slip of paper, cloth, or other material, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.

2.  label
a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc.

3.  label
a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification, as the word Physics before a dictionary definition.

4.  label
a brand or trademark, esp. of a manufacturer.

5.  label
the manufacturer using such a label.

6.  label
a molding or dripstone over a door or window.

7.  label
a radioactive or heavy isotope incorporated into a molecule for use as a tracer.

8.  label
a narrow horizontal heraldic band with downward extensions.

9.  label
Obs. a strip or narrow piece of anything.

10. (v.t.) label
to affix a label to; mark with a label.

11.  label
to designate or describe by or on a label.

12.  label
to put in a certain class; classify.

13.  label
to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < MF: ribbon, prob. < Gmc)

Definition of 'Label'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) label
a brief description given for purposes of identification
"the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"

2. (noun) label, recording label
trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
"the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"

3. (noun) label
a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

4. (verb) label
an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

5. (verb) label
assign a label to; designate with a label
"These students were labelled `learning disabled'"

6. (verb) tag, label, mark
attach a tag or label to
"label these bottles"

7. (verb) pronounce, label, judge
pronounce judgment on
"They labeled him unfit to work here"

8. (verb) label
distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

9. (verb) label
distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

Definition of 'Label'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) label
a tag or sticker on a product
Check the label for washing instructions.

2.  label
a brand or trademark
designer labels

3.  label
a description or categorization
He doesn't deserves the label "monster."

4. (verb) label
to put a label on
Each item is labeled with a price tag.

5.  label
to consider or describe in a particular way
She had been unfairly labeled as a racist.

Definition of 'Label'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Label
a tassel

2. (noun) Label
a slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package

3. (noun) Label
a slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal

4. (noun) Label
a writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will

5. (noun) Label
a barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living

6. (noun) Label
a brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes

7. (noun) Label
the name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration

8. (noun) Label
in mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription

9. (verb) Label
to affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package

10. (verb) Label
to affix in or on a label

Translation of 'Label'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small written note fixed on or near anything to tell its contents, owner etc luggage labels; The label on the blouse said `Do not iron'.
Afrikaans: etiket	Arabic: بِطاقَه، لاصِقَة المعلوما	Bulgarian: надпис
Brazilian: etiqueta	Czech: jmenovka; visačka	German: der Zettel
Danish: mærkeseddel; etiket	Greek: ετικέτα	Spanish: etiqueta
Estonian: silt	Farsi: برچسب	Finnish: lappu
French: étiquette	Hebrew: תָּווִית	Hindi: पर्चा, नाम-पत्र, नाम
Croatian: etiketa	Hungarian: címke	Indonesian: etiket
Icelandic: (merki)miði	Italian: etichetta, cartellino	Japanese: ラベル
Korean: 상표, 라벨	Lithuanian: etiketė, kortelė (su užra	Latvian: etiķete; uzlīme
Malay: label	Dutch: etiket	Norwegian: merkelapp, etikett
Polish: etykietka, nalepka	Persian: ،نوار كوچكى داراى نوشته م	Pashto: وړوكى ليكل شوى كاغذ په جا
Portuguese: etiqueta	Romanian: etichetă	Russian: ярлык; бирка
Slovak: menovka; visačka	Slovenian: etiketa	Serbian: etiketa
Swedish: etikett, adresslapp, märk	Thai: ป้าย	Turkish: etiket
Taiwanese: 標籤	Ukrainian: ярлик; етикетка	Urdu: نشان کی پرچی
Vietnamese: nhãn mác	Chinese: 标签	Afrikaans: merk, etiketteer
Arabic: يُلْصِق بِطاقَه أو لاصِقَ	Bulgarian: наименовам	Brazilian: etiquetar
Czech: opatřit etiketou	German: etikettieren	Danish: mærke
Greek: κολλώ ετικέτα σε	Spanish: etiquetar	Estonian: märgistama
Farsi: برچسب زدن	Finnish: kiinnittää etiketti	French: étiqueter
Hebrew: לְתַייֵג	Hindi: लेबल लगाना	Croatian: staviti etiketu
Hungarian: címkéz	Indonesian: diberi etiket	Icelandic: merkja
Italian: etichettare	Japanese: ラベルをはる	Korean: 상표를 붙이다
Lithuanian: priklijuoti, pritvirtinti	Latvian: uzlīmēt etiķeti	Malay: melabel
Dutch: van een etiket voorzien	Norwegian: merke, sette merkelapp på	Polish: opatrzyć etykietką
Persian: ،نوار را روى لباس زدن برچ	Pashto: نښه، پيژند پاڼه، ليبل، شو	Portuguese: pôr etiquetas
Romanian: a eticheta, a pune o etic	Russian: прикреплять ярлык	Slovak: dať etiketu
Slovenian: etiketirati	Serbian: prikačiti etiketu	Swedish: sätta etikett (adresslapp
Thai: ทำป้าย	Turkish: etiketlemek, etiket yapış	Taiwanese: 貼標籤
Ukrainian: чіпляти ярлик	Urdu: لیبل لگانا	Vietnamese: dán nhãn
Chinese: 贴标签于
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