Label Definition
lābəl
labeled, labeling, labelled, labelling, labels
noun
labels
A narrow band of cloth, etc.; fillet.
Webster's New World
A narrow strip of ribbon attached to a document to hold the seal.
Webster's New World
A descriptive term; an epithet.
American Heritage
A card, strip of paper, etc. marked and attached to an object to indicate its nature, contents, ownership, destination, etc.
Webster's New World
A descriptive word or phrase applied to a person, group, theory, etc. as a convenient generalized classification.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- recording label
- classification
- description
- identification
- number
- stamp
- design
- insignia
- hallmark
- price mark
- copyright label
- bumper-sticker
- sticker
- epithet
- characterization
verb
labeled, labeling, labelled, labelling, labels
To attach a label to; mark with a label.
Webster's New World
To classify as; call or describe, specif. in a way that stereotypes.
Webster's New World
To differentiate (an element, atom, etc.) by introducing a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass that may be readily traced through a complex process.
Webster's New World
To incorporate a labeled element into (a molecule, compound, material, etc.)
Webster's New World
To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.
Wiktionary
Origin of Label
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From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French: lambeau), from Old Frankish *labba (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappōn, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.
From Wiktionary
Middle English ornamental strip of cloth from Old French probably of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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