label
Definition of label:
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part of speech: verb
To affix a label to:- pr. p. labelling; pa. t. and pa. p. labelled.
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part of speech: noun
A small slip of writing affixed to anything to denote its contents, ownership, etc.: ( law) a paper annexed to a will, as a codicil: ( her.) a fillet with pendants: ( arch.) the dripstone over a Gothic window or doorway arch.
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part of speech: noun
A small slip of paper or parchment attached to anything, on which a writing is inscribed to tell its nature or contents, or on which an address is written; a thin brass rule, having a sight at one end, used for taking altitudes; a paper annexed to a will, as a codicil.
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part of speech: verb
To attach a label to.
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Common misspellings:
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- laber (0.2%)
- tabel (0.2%)
- lael (0.4%)
- labled (0.4%)
- labele (0.7%)
- abel (0.2%)
- leabel (0.4%)
- 14th (0.4%)
- lavel (0.9%)
- lable (89.8%)
- labal (0.5%)
- labelling (0.2%)
- ladel (0.2%)
- labe (2.2%)
- lablel (0.5%)
- labed (0.2%)
- labell (0.4%)
- lebel (1.6%)
- 2ml (0.2%)
- labol (0.4%)
- lbel (0.4%)
Usage examples for label:
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On the label somebody had written: " Do it now!"
"Police!!!" – Robert W. Chambers -
The directions are marked on the label
"At the Mercy of Tiberius" – August Evans Wilson -
Most of them will be canned; and other folks have to shell and sort them and put them into cans and then cook them and seal and label the cans.
"Across the Fruited Plain" – Florence Crannell Means -
As he read each label a curious smile of satisfaction spread over his features.
"The Argus Pheasant" – John Charles Beecham