All 4 Uses of
laboratory
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The heirs sought everywhere, admired the breviary, laid hands on the furniture, and were greatly astonished that Spada, the rich man, was really the most miserable of uncles—no treasures—unless they were those of science, contained in the library and laboratories.†
Chpt 17-18 *laboratories = workplaces where people do scientific or medical research, or produce drugs or chemicals
- Well, listen, Baptistin, what did I tell you this morning when I called you into my laboratory?†
Chpt 53-54laboratory = a workplace where people do scientific or medical research, or produce drugs or chemicals (also used figuratively) OR (as an adjective) related to such a place
- In his mother's laboratory.†
Chpt 109-110
- Does his mother then, keep poisons in her laboratory?†
Chpt 109-110
Definitions:
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(1)
(laboratory) a workplace where people do scientific or medical research, or produce drugs or chemicals
or (as an adjective): related to such a place -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, lab can be used as an abbreviated way of saying Labrador retriever. It is also a rare last name and may indicate someone's initials.