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lab
CIDE DICTIONARY
lab, v. i. [Cf. OD. labben to babble.].
To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
lab, n.
- A telltale; a prater; a blabber. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Laboratory. [PJC]
lab, a.
Of or pertaining to a laboratory; as, a lab bench. [PJC]
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lab
Workshop
N workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business, manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory, cabinet, studio, office, branch office bureau, atelier, hive, hive of industry, nursery, hothouse, hotbed, kitchen, mint, forge, loom, dock, dockyard, alveary, armory, laboratory, lab, research institute, refinery, cannery, power plant, beauty parlor, beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf, foundry, foundery, furnace, vineyard, crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix, at work, at the office, at the shop, working.For further exploring for "lab" in Webster Dictionary Online
