dictionary · eo1.org

label

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: libel, babel, lapel, abel, lamel, flabel, nabel, gabel, labe, labes, mabel

Antonyms: libel, babel, lapel, abel, lamel, flabel, nabel, gabel, labe, labes, mabel

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. A small [[ticket]] or [[sign]] giving [[information]] about something to which it is [[attach]]ed or [[intend]]ed to be attached.
  2. A [[name]] given to something or someone to [[categorise]] them as part of a [[particular]] social group.
  3. {{senseid|en|music}} {{lb|en|music}} A [[company]] that sells [[record]]s.
  4. {{lb|en|computing}} A user-defined [[alias]] for a numerical designation, the reverse of an [[enumeration]].
  5. {{lb|en|computing}} A named place in [[source code]] that can be jumped to using a [[GOTO]] or equivalent construct.
  6. {{lb|en|heraldiccharge}} A {{l|en|charge|id=heraldry}} resembling the [[strap]] crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
  7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[tassel]].
  8. A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the [[seal]]), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
  9. A piece of [[writing]] added to something, such as a [[codicil]] appended to a [[will]].
  10. {{lb|en|historical}} A [[brass]] [[rule]] with [[sight]]s, formerly used with a [[circumferentor]] to take [[altitude]]s.
  11. {{lb|en|architecture}} The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
  12. In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.<!--{{rfquotek|en|Fairholt}}-->

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put]] a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
  2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|ditransitive}} To give (a label) to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
  3. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
  4. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either ''[[in situ]]'' or ''[[in vitro]]''

Proper noun

  1. a language spoken in [[Papua New Guinea]]

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.