Definition of 'label'
Noun
- a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
- trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"
Synonyms: recording label - a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
- an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
Verb
- assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
- attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
Synonyms: tag mark - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
Synonyms: pronounce judge - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
- distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
