All 6 Uses of
laboratory
in
Burned, by Ellen Hopkins
- The Next Day in Chemistry Lab Mr. Trotter partnered me with Tiffany Grant.†
lab = 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
- For one completely insane minute, I forgot about my lab partner and actually thought he was coming over to talk to me.†
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- At least in chemistry lab.†
- I turned to apologize to my lab partner, but she and Justin had slipped out the door, no doubt before Mr. Trotter returned.†
- I trudged along, brain only partially engaged, and about halfway to my favorite place, my mind veered from Dad back to chemistry lab.†
- A ratty black Lab mourned him from far enough to weather flies, but close enough to chase away bone pickers, flying lazy eights in the blue desert sky, searching for the carcass du jour.†
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.