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ALL meanings of label

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  • noun label food packaging 1
  • noun label tag: clothing 1
  • noun label identification tag 1
  • transitive verb label attach a label to sth 1
  • noun label sticker with information 1
  • noun label descriptive word for sb or sth 1
  • noun label music industry 1
  • transitive verb label call 1
  • noun label mark: as sth 1
  • noun label classify 1
  • noun Technical meaning of label 1.   (programming)   An identifier used to mark a position in a program so that it can be the destination of a goto statement. 2.   (networking)   The identifier assigned to a datagram for label switching. 1
  • noun label Attach a label to (something). 1
  • noun label a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc. 1
  • noun label a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc. 1
  • noun label a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification: The following definition has the label “Archit.”. 1
  • noun label Architecture. a molding or dripstone over a door or window, especially one that extends horizontally across the top of the opening and vertically downward for a certain distance at the sides. 1
  • noun label a brand or trademark, especially of a manufacturer of phonograph records, tape cassettes, etc.: She records under a new label. 1
  • noun label the manufacturer using such a label: a major label that has produced some of the best recordings of the year. 1
  • noun label Heraldry. a narrow horizontal strip with a number of downward extensions of rectangular or dovetail form, usually placed in chief as the cadency mark of an eldest son. 1
  • noun label Obsolete. a strip or narrow piece of anything. 1
  • verb with object label to affix a label to; mark with a label. 1
  • verb with object label to designate or describe by or on a label: The bottle was labeled poison. 1
  • verb with object label to put in a certain class; classify. 1
  • verb with object label Also, radiolabel. Chemistry. to incorporate a radioactive or heavy isotope into (a molecule) in order to make traceable. 1
  • noun label A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. 0
  • noun label A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group. 0
  • noun label A company that sells records. 0
  • noun label (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration. 0
  • noun label (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct. 0
  • noun label (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung. 0
  • noun label (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A tassel. 0
  • noun label A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will. 0
  • noun label A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes. 0
  • noun label (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. 0
  • noun label In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. 0
  • verb label (Transitive Verb) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). 0
  • verb label (Transitive Verb) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. 0
  • verb label (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. 0
  • countable noun label A label is a piece of paper or plastic that is attached to an object in order to give information about it. 0
  • verb label If something is labelled, a label is attached to it giving information about it. 0
  • verb label If you say that someone or something is labelled as a particular thing, you mean that people generally describe them that way and you think that this is unfair. 0
  • countable noun label If you say that someone gets a particular label, you mean that people show disapproval of them by describing them with a critical word or phrase. 0
  • countable noun label You can refer to a company that produces and sells CDs as a particular label. 0
  • noun label a piece of paper, card, or other material attached to an object to identify it or give instructions or details concerning its ownership, use, nature, destination, etc; tag 0
  • noun label a brief descriptive phrase or term given to a person, group, school of thought, etc 0
  • noun label a word or phrase heading a piece of text to indicate or summarize its contents 0
  • noun label a trademark or company or brand name on certain goods, esp, formerly, on gramophone records 0
  • noun label a charge consisting of a horizontal line across the chief of a shield with three or more pendants: the charge of an eldest son 0
  • noun label a group of characters, such as a number or a word, appended to a particular statement in a program to allow its unique identification 0
  • noun label a radioactive element used in a compound to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction 0
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