Meaning of laboratory in English
laboratory
noun [ C ]
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/ləˈbɒr.ə.tər.i/
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/ˈlæb.rə.tɔːr.i/

(informal lab)

B1

a room or building with scientific equipment for doing scientific tests or for teaching science, or a place where chemicals or medicines are produced:

research laboratories

a computer laboratory

Laboratory tests suggest that the new drug may be used to treat cancer.

laboratory
noun [ C ]
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/ˈlæb·rəˌtɔr·i, -ˌtoʊr-/

(short form lab, us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /læb/)

a room or building with equipment for doing scientific tests or for teaching science, or a place where chemicals or medicines are produced:

a physics laboratory

laboratory
noun [ C ]
UKvolume_up
/ləˈbɒrətəri/
USvolume_up
/ˈlæbrətɔːri/

plural laboratories

(informal lab)

a room or building with equipment for doing scientific tests:

The company makes analytical equipment for industrial and research laboratories.

laboratory analysis/equipment/tests

a company or place where chemicals or medicines are produced:

He is chairman and chief executive officer of vision-care pharmaceutical maker Alcon Laboratories.