lab
noun /læb/
/læb/
(informal)- a laboratory
- a computer/research lab
- the school science labs
- in a lab She'd been working in the lab all day.
- a lab technician
- a lab coat (= a white coat worn by scientists, etc. working in a laboratory)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLab is used before these nouns:- animal
- bench
- coat
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: abbreviation.